Apparatus for combining sheet-like products
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorsJacques Meier, Werner Honegger
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Abstract
The apparatus has a plurality of carrying elements (20) which are arranged at a distance one behind the other on a drawing member (14), driven in the circulating direction (U). The longitudinal direction (L) of the carrying elements (20) extends at an acute angle (.alpha.) with respect to the circulating direction. At the discharge locations (36), feed devices (12) discharge a sheet-like product to each carrying element (20) which is moved past said discharge locations. While having a considerable processing capacity and a relatively low circulating speed, the apparatus requires only a modest amount of space.
Claims10
An apparatus for combining sheet-like products, in particular printed products, having;
- a drawing member, said drawing member being driven in a circulating direction, a plurality of carrying elements secured one behind the other at a given distance apart to said drawing member, said carrying elements extending along a longitudinal direction,
- each of said carrying element including a product supporting member, which extends in said longitudinal direction of its corresponding carrying element, feed devices,
- each of said feed device having a discharge locations, said discharge locations being arranged one behind the other, along the circulating direction of said drawing member;
- said feed device adapted to discharge a product or product component as a carrying element moves past said discharge location and said product or product components being received by said product supporting member upon which they are assembled into combined products,
- a removal location which is arranged downstream of the discharge locations and at which the combined products are removed from the carrying elements, and wherein:
- the longitudinal direction of the carrying elements extends at an acute oblique-angle with respect to the circulating direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.