Sorting compartment arrangement for flat items

Details Sorting compartment arrangement for flat items Sorting compartment arrangement for flat items

1996-05-20

1998-06-16

Merritt, Karen B.

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271179, 271220, 271314, 271305, B65H 2944

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057658277

ABSTRACT:
A sorting compartment arrangement for flat items includes a conveying section for conveying the flat items successively in a vertical position. Switches are disposed along the conveying section. A plurality of individual stacking compartments are arranged one behind the other along the conveying section and associated with a respective one of the switches. The items are supplied by the switches to the individual stacking compartments. Each stacking compartment includes a stack wall up to which the items are transported, a stack roller and a guide plate for transporting and guiding, respectively, the items from the switch into the stacking compartment up to the stack wall to form a stack of items in the stacking compartment, and a mechanism for pressing the stack of items together until shortly before an arrival of a next item to be stacked.

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