Gripper conveyor delivery
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorRichard Daniel CURLEY
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Abstract
A signature transport device is provided. The signature transport device includes a saddle conveyor for transporting signatures, an escalator tucker for lifting the signatures off the saddle conveyor and a linear gripper conveyor located adjacent to the escalator tucker and having a plurality of grippers for gripping the signatures. The linear gripper conveyor has a velocity component that is equal to or greater than a velocity component of the escalator tucker when the signatures are gripped from the escalator tucker. A method for transporting signatures is also provided.
Claims20
A signature transport device comprising:
- a saddle conveyor for transporting signatures;
- an escalator tucker for lifting the signatures off the saddle conveyor;
- and
- a linear gripper conveyor located adjacent to the escalator tucker and having a plurality of grippers for gripping the signatures;
- the linear gripper conveyor having a velocity component that equal to or greater than a velocity component of the escalator tucker when the signatures are gripped from the escalator tucker.
A method for transporting signatures comprising the steps of:
- conveying signatures in a first direction on a saddle conveyor;
- lifting signatures off the saddle conveyor in a second direction using an escalator tucker;
- gripping signatures from the escalator tucker with grippers mounted on a linear gripper conveyor so a velocity component of the signatures remains at least constant;
- and
- transporting the signatures in at least a third direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.