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US 2006/0065141 A1Published application
Conveyor unit for conveying flat objects
AssigneeKoenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBerthold Held
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Abstract
A conveyor unit for conveying flat objects includes at least first, second and third endless belts, together with a cylinder. The first endless belt extends along a part of the circumference of the cylinder and forms, with the cylinder circumference, a section of a path of conveyance for the objects. The second and third belts define another section of the path of conveyance.
Claims6
A conveyor unit for conveying flat objects comprising:
- a collection cylinder having a circumferential surface, said collection cylinder being located after, in a direction of object travel, a cutter unit;
- a first endless belt extending around a portion of said collection cylinder and cooperating with said collection cylinder circumferential surface and defining a section of a conveying path;
- a second endless belt and a cooperating third endless belt defining a balance of said conveying path, said first and third endless belts defining a first side of said conveying path, said second conveyor belt and said collection cylinder circumferential surface defining a second side of said conveying path;
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- a speed-transforming gear coupling said second and third endless belts to said collection cylinder, said speed-transforming gear having a gear ratio selected such that a speed of said second and third endless belts is equal to a circumferential speed of said collection cylinder and wherein said third endless belt is mechanically coupled to said second endless belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.