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US 6,431,369 B1Granted
Device for sorting and selectively collecting flat products
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsManfred Boller, Jean-Claude Oppliger
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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsManfred Boller, Jean-Claude Oppliger
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A device for sorting and selectively collecting flat products, such as shipping pouches, printed products or workpieces, which are placed at predetermined collecting points along the conveying path of an endless conveyor and below the conveyor in collecting containers, includes a pushing device for moving the empty collecting containers transversely of the direction of movement of the conveyor on a transfer path between a lateral pick-up position and the collecting point. The pushing device is reversibly driven in a guide arrangement of the transfer path, wherein the filled collecting containers can be ejected from the collecting point. For driving the pushing device, the pushing device is connected to a drive member of a fixedly mounted drive unit, wherein the drive member is attached to an endless or revolving traction unit.
A device for sorting and selectively collecting flat products, the device comprising means for placing the flat products at predetermined collecting points along a conveying path of an endless conveyor and below the conveyor in collecting containers, and a pushing device for moving empty collecting containers transversely of a direction of movement of the conveyor on a transfer path between a lateral pick-up position and a collecting point, wherein the pushing device is mounted so as to be reversibly driven in a guide arrangement of the transfer path, further comprising means for ejecting filled collecting containers from the collecting point, wherein, for driving the pushing device, the pushing device is connected to a drive member of a fixedly mounted drive unit, and wherein the drive member is attached to an endless traction means.
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