Method and apparatus for decelerating a flat product
AssigneesHeidelberg Harris, Inc., Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsMichael A. Novick, Charles H. Dufour
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Abstract
A device for delivering flat products, such as signatures or the like, having a plurality of fan wheels rotatably mounted on a fan wheel shaft. The fan wheels each have a plurality of fan pockets for receiving signatures emerging from a transporting device, the fan wheels being mounted on the fan wheel shaft in spaced relation to one another in an axial direction. Adjustably mounted deceleration devices, each having a curvature for diving between the spaced-apart fan wheels, allow for a desired deceleration of the signatures upon rotation of the fan wheels.
Claims19
Device for delivering flat printed products, such as signatures, comprising:
- a plurality of fan wheels rotatably mounted on a fan wheel shaft in spaced relation to one another in an axial direction, said fan wheels each having a plurality of fan pockets for receiving signatures emerging from a transporting device;
- and
- at least one adjustably mounted deceleration device having a curvature for diving between said fan wheels and for providing a deceleratioh of said signatures upon rotation of said fan wheels, said curvature having at least three curvature sections of different curvature, wherein a third of said three curvature sections is used to strip said signatures from said fan pockets.
Device for delivering flat printed products, such as signatures, comprising:
- a plurality of fan wheels rotatably mounted on a fan wheel shaft in spaced relation to one another in an axial direction, said fan wheels each having a plurality of fan pockets for receiving signatures emerging from a transporting device;
- and
- at least one adjustably mounted deceleration device having a curvature for diving between said fan wheels and for providing a deceleration of said signatures upon rotation of said fan wheels, said curvature further including a curvature section for decelerating said signatures against a surface of said fan pockets to strip said signatures from said fan pockets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.