Apparatus for transporting flexible, sheet-like products
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorsAlex Keller, Roberto Fenile
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Abstract
An apparatus for transporting flexible, sheet-like products, in particular printed products 9, away and/or for further processing, and having a plurality of grippers 3 which can be moved along a gripper conveying route and follow one after the other in the transporting direction, and having a plurality of suction elements 2 which can be moved along a suction element conveying route and are intended for receiving in each case one product 9 and for transferring the received product 9 to a gripper 3, the above operations taking place in a receiving and transfer region wherein the suction element conveying route runs along or parallel to the gripper conveying route.
Claims21
An apparatus for transporting flexible, sheet-like products comprising a plurality of grippers which are movable along a gripper conveying route and follow one after the other in the transporting direction, and a plurality of suction elements which are movable along a suction element conveying route and are intended for receiving in each case one product and for transferring the received product to a gripper, said receiving and transferring operations taking place in a receiving and transfer region wherein the suction element conveying route runs along or parallel to the gripper conveying route, and further comprising a suction element transporting wheel, which conveys the suction elements in the receiving and transfer region.
An apparatus for transporting flexible, sheet-like products comprising a plurality of grippers which are movable along a gripper conveying route and follow one after the other in the transporting direction, and a plurality of suction elements which are movable along a suction element conveying route and are intended for receiving in each case one product and for transferring the received product to a gripper, said receiving and transferring operations taking place in a receiving and transfer region wherein the suction element conveying route runs along or parallel to the gripper conveying route, and further comprising a gripper transporting wheel, which conveys the grippers in the receiving and transfer region, the grippers being coupled to the gripper transporting wheel in a releasable or non-releasable manner during transportation.
An apparatus for transporting flexible, sheet-like products comprising a plurality of grippers which are movable along a gripper conveying route and follow one after the other in the transporting direction, and a plurality of suction elements which are movable along a suction element conveying route and are intended for receiving in each case one product and for transferring the received product to a gripper, said receiving and transferring operations taking place in a receiving and transfer region wherein the suction element conveying route runs along or parallel to the gripper conveying route, and wherein the suction elements each have a guide surface which acts in a transfer position of said suction elements and is positioned for guiding a product in a defined manner between the guide surface and a counter-pressure apparatus when the product is not retained by means of a suction force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.