Method and apparatus for accelerating and diverting flat products
AssigneesHeidelberg Harris, Inc., Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsRoger R. Belanger, Michael A. Novick
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an apparatus, such as a folder apparatus of a web-fed printing press, having a printed product delivery with two fan wheel arrangements overlapping each other. An exemplary embodiment includes a mechanism for continuously conveying flat products. The mechanism has devices attached thereto in a timed arrangement for positioning each flat product to be delivered, in its entirety, off a centerline of the fan wheel arrangements prior to the entry of the flat product into a pocket of the fan wheel arrangements.
Claims20
Apparatus for product delivery comprising:
- two fan wheel arrangements overlapping each other;
- a mechanism for conveying a flat product into said two fan wheel arrangements;
- and
- devices attached to said mechanism in a timed arrangement for positioning said flat product in its entirety, off a centerline of said fan wheel arrangements, prior to entry of the flat product in a pocket of said fan wheel arrangements.
Method for product delivery comprising the steps of:
- positioning a flat product, in its entirety, off a centerline between overlapping fan wheels of a fan wheel arrangement;
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- conveying a flat product into said overlapping fan wheels in synchronism with rotation of said overlapping fan wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.