Conveyor

Details Conveyor Conveyor

1999-04-07

2001-04-24

Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor frame or casing

Adjustable conveyor frame or casing

C198S890000, C198S369500, C198S436000, C198S861600, C198S442000, C198S644000, C198S587000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06220427

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a spatially conductible conveying installation with an endless conveyor chain guided in a rigid guide. The conveying installation is useable with folded or not folded printed products.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
A spatially conductible conveying installation for conveying printed newspaper, as well as book and magazine products is known from CH 680 921 A5.
It is disadvantageous in connection with this prior art conveying installation, that the conveyed objects can only be deposited at one destination.
CH 667 636 A5 describes an installation for transferring printed products into a helical stack. An intermediate conveyor with flexible guide rails is provided for this, the location of which can be changed.
JP-A-56-988011 discloses a directionally changeable conveying installation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is based on creating a conveying installation with an endless conveyor chain with clamping devices for conveying printed products. By using the present invention, it is possible to selectively deposit printed products conducted by it at various destinations.
In accordance with the present invention, this object is attained by providing a conveying installation with an endless conveyor chain. The chain is guided in a rigid guide and conveys folded or not folded printed products. The conveyor chain can start near a folder or a cutter and has a reversing device adjacent the cutter or folder. A second reversing device remote from the cutter or folder can be moved horizontally and/or vertically.
The advantages which can be achieved by means of the present invention reside in particular in that the printed products conveyed by means of the spatially conducted installation can be selectively deposited at or ahead of—i.e. viewed in the direction of conveyance of the printed products—a reversing device remote from a folding apparatus, or in its vicinity, at different destinations. These destinations can be, for example, a plurality of conveyor belts extending parallel with each other on a level. In this case it is particularly advantageous that the deposit of the printed products can respectively take place in the direction of conveyance of the conveyor belts.
In accordance with another preferred embodiment, it is also advantageously possible to provide the destinations for depositing the printed products at different levels. This can be done in accordance with the invention in that the “head” of the conveying installation is hingedly connected with a spatially movable support arm. If the destination of the printed products is to be changed, it is not necessary to reduce the running speed of the conveyor chain for this.


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