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US 2010/0300847 A1Published application
Device and method for conveying and simultaneously stabilising flexible, two-dimensional objects
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorSimon Guhl
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InventorSimon Guhl
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The invention relates to a device (1) and a method for conveying flexible, two-dimensional objects (100, 100), in particular printed products, with a plurality of conveyor elements (10) which are movable in a conveyor direction (F) by a conveyor member (20) drivable along a closed revolving path (U) and which are capable of receiving and conveying at least one object (100, 100′). A stabilisation device (30) with at least one stabilisation member (32, 33, 36) is present for stabilising the objects (100, 100′), in particular in regions (B) of the revolving path (U), in which large accelerations occur. The stabilisation device (30) forms a compliant stabilisation line (34′) or stabilisation surface (34) and presses the objects (100, 100′) against the conveyor element (10) at least in a part of the revolving path. By way of this, one prevents the objects from being displaced relative to the conveyor element (10), which may lead to problems with the further processing.
A device (1) for conveying flexible, two-dimensional objects (100, 100′), in particular printed products, with a plurality of conveyor elements (10) which are movable in a conveyor direction (F) by way of a conveyor member (20) drivable along a closed revolving path (U), and which are capable of receiving and conveying at least one object (100, 100′), characterised by at least one stabilisation device (30) with at least one stabilisation member (32, 33, 36), wherein the stabilisation device (30) forms a compliant stabilisation line (34′) or stabilisation surface (34) and is capable of pressing the objects (100, 100′) against the conveyor element (10), at least in a part of the revolving path.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the stabilisation member (32, 33, 36) is a brush strip, a stationary or revolving belt or a stationary or revolving round belt or comprises an elastically deformable element.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the conveyor elements (10) are grippers (12) with two gripper limbs (13, 14) which are pivotable relative to one another, between which at least one object (100, 100′) may be received in a clamping manner.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the conveyor elements (10) comprise a support surface (15), wherein the support surface (15) is inclined in or opposite to the conveyor direction (F), so that received objects (100, 100) bear on the support surface (15) with a roughly horizontal conveyor direction (F).
A stabilisation device (30) with at least one stabilisation member (32, 33, 36) for use with a device (1) according to one of the preceding claims.
A method for conveying flexible, two-dimensional objects (100, 100′), in particular printed products, with the following steps
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.