Apparatus for supplying printed products to processing stations
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorWalter Reist
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Abstract
A conveyor (10) has a self-contained main conveyor line (12), a number of feed lines (14, 14') in the form of buffer lines and a return line (16, 16'). Each feed line (14, 14') is associated to a processing station (26, 26'). The feed lines (14, 14') are connected to the main conveyor line (12) by means of controlled switches (28) so that, viewed in the conveyor direction (F), any of the clamps (20) can be delivered to any desired processing station (26). This gives the device great flexibility and decouples the processing stations from the pickup of the pressroom products at the pickup station (24).
Claims26
An apparatus for supplying printed products to processing stations that processes printed products, comprising at least one main conveying path (12), a plurality of processing stations (26, 26'), a plurality of feed paths (14, 14'), a plurality of return paths (16, 16') and a plurality of mutually independent clamps (20), said at least one main conveying path transports in the conveying direction (F) the printed products (22), each of the printed products being retained by one of the clamps (20), said at least one main conveying path having a controlled diverter mechanism (28) at a transfer location that functions to divert the clamps with retained printed products to the feed paths (14, 14'), each feed path leading to a processing station (26, 26'), each feed path (14, 14') functions as a buffer-storage path in which, for intermediate storage, successive clamps (20) can assume a minimal spacing from one another or can butt against one another, and the feed paths (14, 14') are adjoined by return paths (16, 16') for the clamps (20) which have been emptied at the processing stations (26, 26') to be directed back to the main conveying path (12).
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