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US 6,220,427 B1Granted
Conveyor
AssigneeKoenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHolger Ratz, Rudolf Stäb
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Abstract
A displaceable conveyor is used to convey selected printed products to different destination points. A reversing device is positioned intermediate the different destination points and a rigid guide track. A partial guide path connects the reversing device with the rigid guide track.
Claims10
A conveying installation for printed products comprising:
- an endless conveyor chain;
- a rigid guide track, said rigid guide track guiding said endless conveyor chain and extending to a reversing device;
- means for moving said reversing device horizontally between a first reversing device position and a second reversing device position and
- a partial, flexible guide path intermediate said reversing device and said rigid guide track, said partial, flexible guide path being selectively positionable in respective first and second partial, flexible guide path positions when said reversing device is in respective ones of said first and second reversing device positions.
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A conveying installation for conveying printed products from a folder, said conveying installation comprising:
- an endless conveyor chain;
- a rigid guide track guiding said endless conveyor chain and extending between the folder and a reversing device remote from the folding apparatus;
- means for moving said reversing device horizontally between a first position and a second position;
- means for moving said reversing device vertically;
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- a flexible partial guide track intermediate said reversing device and said rigid guide track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.