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US 5,791,641 AGranted
Apparatus for processing printed products
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorErwin Muller
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Abstract
An apparatus has pocket-like receiving parts into which printed products are introduced by feeders. Each receiving part is assigned clamps that can be moved to transport the printed products in the longitudinal direction of the receiving part. The movement path of the clamps runs along the opening of the receiving part, and the clamps retain the printed products at their border region remote from the base of the receiving part.
Claims8
An apparatus for processing printed products comprising:
- a plurality of pocket-like receiving parts driven in a rotary path, the receiving parts being arranged one behind the other and transversely with respect to the rotary path, the receiving parts also having a base and an opening opposite the base;
- at least one feeder for introducing printed products into the receiving parts;
- a plurality of controlled clamps assigned to each receiving part, the clamps moving in the rotary path with the receiving parts and transporting the printed products in the receiving parts, the clamps also having a movement path with at least a section of the movement path running along the opening of the respective receiving part, the clamps further including a mouth directed toward the interior of the receiving part when the clamps are in the section of the movement path running along the opening of the receiving part, the mouth retaining and transporting printed products that are arranged in the receiving part at a border region of the printed products remote from the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.