Method of, and apparatus for, conveying sheet like products
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorWerner Honegger
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of, and an apparatus for, conveying sheet like products (10, 10′), in particular printed products. In each case two or more products (10, 10′) are gripped together, in the region of their leading edges (10a, 10a′), by grippers (3) of a gripper conveyor (1) such that the edges (10a, 10a′) are alternately spaced apart from one another. In at least one transfer region (4), the products (10, 10′) are transferred to at least one removal arrangement (2) such that each product (10, 10′) at most partially overlaps the previously transferred product (10, 10′), the leading edges (10a, 10a′) of the products (10, 10′) being spaced apart from one another. The invention has the advantage that the products are directly accessible for further processing.
Claims12
A method of conveying sheet like products (10, 10′), in particular printed products, in each case two or more products (10, 10′) being gripped together, in the region of their leading edges (10a, 10a′), by grippers (3) of a gripper conveyor (1) such that the edges (10a, 10a′) are alternately spaced apart from one another, and the products (10, 10′) being conveyed by the grippers (3), wherein, in at least one transfer region (4), the products (10, 10′) are transferred to at least one removal arrangement (2) such that each product (10, 10′) at most partially overlaps the previously transferred product (10, 10′), the leading edges (10a, 10a′) of the products (10, 10′) being spaced apart from one another.
An apparatus for implementing the method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, having a gripper conveyor (1) with a multiplicity of grippers (3) which are capable of gripping together in each case two or more products (10, 10′), in the region of their leading edges (10a, 10a′), such that the edges (10a, 10a′) are alternately spaced apart from one another, having at least one control arrangement (5) which is capable of opening the grippers (3) in at least one transfer region (4), and having at least one removal arrangement (2) by means of which the transferred products (10, 10′) are fed to a further processing station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.