Device and method for buffering a plurality of goods or groups of goods and paper handling system comprising same
AssigneeBoewe Systec GmbH
InventorReinhard SEILER
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Abstract
A device for buffering a plurality of goods or groups of goods includes a buffer section configured to receive a plurality of goods or groups of goods. In addition, a buffer transport is provided, configured to move a good or group of goods at a buffer transport speed. A runout is configured to move out a good or group of goods from the device at a runout speed which is higher than the buffer transport speed. The runout is additionally configured to take over transport of a good or group of goods before the good or group of goods has reached an end of the buffer section.
Claims21
A device for buffering a plurality of individual sheets or groups of sheets, comprising:
- a buffer section configured to receive a plurality of individual sheets or groups of sheets;
- a buffer transport configured to move an individual sheet or group of sheets at a buffer transport speed;
- and
- a runout configured to move out an individual sheet or group of sheets from the device at a runout speed which is higher than the buffer transport speed;
- wherein
- the runout is configured to act on an individual sheet or group of sheets at a last occupied position along the buffer section so as to take over transport of the individual sheet or the group of sheets before the individual sheet or group of sheets has reached an end of the buffer section.
A paper handling system comprising:
- one or several handling stages;
- and
- at least one device for buffering a plurality of individual sheets or groups of sheets, comprising:
- a buffer section configured to receive a plurality of individual sheets or groups of sheets;
- a buffer transport configured to move an individual sheet or group of sheets at a buffer transport speed;
- and a runout configured to move out an individual sheet or group of sheets from the device at a runout speed which is higher than the buffer transport speed;
- wherein the runout is configured to act on an individual sheet or group of sheets at a last occupied position along the buffer section so as to take over transport of the individual sheet or the group of sheets before the individual sheet or group of sheets has reached an end of the buffer section for collecting individual sheets or groups of sheets.
A method for buffering a plurality of individual sheet or groups of sheets in a buffer section for receiving a plurality of individual sheet or groups of sheets, a buffer transport moving an individual sheet or group of sheets at a buffer transport speed, and a runout moving out an individual sheet or group of sheets at a runout speed which is higher than the buffer transport speed;
- comprising:
- acting, by the runout for moving out, on an individual sheet or group of sheets at a last occupied position along the buffer section so as to take over transport of the individual sheet or the group of sheets before the individual sheet or group of sheets has reached an end of the buffer section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.