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US 12,208,983 B2Granted
Stacking device and transport block for a stacking device
AssigneeBobst Mex SA
InventorPierre Robadey
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Abstract
A stacking device for generating decks (10) of sheet elements (12) comprises a transport device with an upper side onto which sheet elements (12) are arranged on separate sheet sections (50). Each sheet section (50) is adapted to transport at least one sheet element (12). The upper side has a height offset between adjacent sheet sections (50). A displacement element shifts sheet elements (12) of one sheet section (50) onto an adjacent sheet section (50) in order to produce the deck (10) of sheet elements (12).
Claims14
A stacking device for generating a deck of sheet elements, the stacking device comprising:
- a transport device with an upper side for transporting the sheet elements, the upper side having a plurality of sheet sections configured to receive sheet elements to be arranged thereon, the plurality of sheet sections being arranged in rows and columns,
- wherein rows are aligned in a transport direction of the stacking device, and columns perpendicular thereto in a stacking direction,
- and wherein the plurality of sheet sections of one column comprise at least one first sheet section and at least one adjacent second sheet section arranged further downstream in the stacking direction, and wherein a height offset is provided in the stacking direction between the first sheet section and the second sheet section, said height offset allowing at least one sheet element on the first sheet section to be moved over and be positioned on top of an adjacent sheet element on the second sheet section,
- at least one displacement element driven to be moved transverse to the transport direction along the sheet sections of a column,
- the displacement element engaging with the sheet sections of one column for shifting the at least one sheet element of a first sheet section onto the sheet element on the adjacent second sheet section, and wherein a guide for the displacement elements is arranged above the sheet sections, the guide extending obliquely across the upper side of the transport device in the transport direction.
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