Device for opening a folded signature and depositing it onto a running conveyor
AssigneeGrapha-Holding AG
InventorsHeinz Boss, Peter Merkli
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Abstract
A device for opening and depositing a folded signature onto a moving conveyor for conveying the folded signatures in a conveying direction includes two opening rollers each having a rotational axis that extends essentially parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor. The opening rollers have a mechanism for opening the signatures and depositing the signatures with an open side first in a downward direction onto the conveyor. A pre-accelerating mechanism is operatively associated with the opening rollers for pre-accelerating the signatures in the conveying direction.
Claims23
A device for opening and depositing folded signatures onto a moving conveyor for conveying the folded signatures in a conveying direction, comprising:
- two opening rollers each having a rotational axis that extends essentially parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor and having means for opening the respective signatures and depositing the signatures with an opened side first in a downward direction onto the conveyor, wherein the opening rollers further include pre-accelerating means for pre-accelerating the respective signatures in the conveying direction.
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