Method and apparatus for conveying flat printed products
AssigneesHeidelberg Harris, Inc., Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsKevin Lauren Cote, Richard Daniel Curley
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a conveying device for flat printed products. Exemplary embodiments include a transport device for transporting signatures. A plurality of arms, each having a seizing device, are assigned to the transport device for seizing signatures emerging from the transport device. Upon rotational movement of the arms, the seizing devices dive into non-raised portions of a transporting element of the transporting device for seizing a leading edge of respective signatures.
Claims17
Apparatus for conveying flat products, comprising:
- a transport device for transporting flat products, said transport device having a transporting tape formed with alternating raised and non-raised portions;
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- a deceleration device having a plurality of arms, for rotation about an axis in operative communication with said transporting tape, each of said plurality of arms having a seizing device for seizing flat products emerging from said transport device, each of said seizing devices, upon rotational movement of said plurality of arms, being moveable into a non-raised portion of said transporting tape of said transport device to seize a leading edge of one of said flat products.
Method for conveying flat products comprising the steps of:
- transporting the flat products on a transport device having a transporting tape which has raised and non-raised portions;
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- deflecting at least one of the flat products with a seizing device assigned to said transport device, where the seizing device dives into one of the non-raised portions of said transporting tape while seizing a leading edge of a subsequent on of the flat products as said at least on of the flat products is deflected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.