Method and apparatus for feeding flat printed products

Details Method and apparatus for feeding flat printed products Method and apparatus for feeding flat printed products

2005-03-18

2009-11-24

Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)

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C270S052140, C270S052190, C270S052200, C270S052220, C270S058290

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07621516

ABSTRACT:
The invention refers to a method and an apparatus for gathering flat printed products by selecting a single printed product from each of a multitude of collections of identical printed products and conveying the selected printed products towards a collecting conveyor (10), which runs along a generally straight line in a first direction (11).To improve the transfer of the flat printed products to the downstream machinery, it is suggested toadvance the printed products in a second direction (15) in a continuous flow of printed products with a feeder (1) with feeding elements upstream of the collecting conveyor (10),grip a leading portion (20) of a printed product at the discharge end of said feeder (1) by separating grippers (60) of a transferring conveyor (40) which is also arranged up-stream of the collecting conveyor (10) andtransfer the gripped printed product with the transferring conveyor (40) substantially along a path, which takes its course generally along the first direction (11) of the collecting conveyor (10).

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