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US 4,537,390 AGranted
High speed folder fly
AssigneeRockwell International Corporation
InventorsRoberto C. Kiamco, Eugene Skipor, Jr.
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Abstract
A rotary fly conveyor for use with the folders of newspaper printing presses which comprises a fly hub, generally curved fly fingers extending outwardly from the hub to form pockets for receiving newspapers and a gripping means located within each of the pockets to slow the speed of travel of the newspapers into the pockets and to hold them firmly in the pocket until removed at a discharge station.
Claims6
A high speed rotary fly for receiving newspapers from a folder and despositing them in imbricated form on a conveyor apparatus, said fly comprising:
- (a) a central fly hub;
- (b) a plurality of fly fingers attached to said fly hub and extending outwardly therefrom in arcuate, overlapping relationship to form pockets into which newspapers are received;
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- (c) yieldable means pivotally attached to said fly hub extending across the bottom portion of each pocket to prevent the newspaper from bouncing when it reaches the pocket bottom.
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