Rail guidable conveying device and apparatus for conveying printed products
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorWerner Honegger
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Abstract
A rail guidable conveying device for conveying sheet-like products (21) in a conveying direction (F), having a guide part (2), a carrying part (3) which is arranged on the guide part and is configured for retaining a product, and a coupling part (4), which can be magnetically coupled to a drive means (5) and is configured such that the strength of the coupling to the drive means is variable. The invention also relates to a conveying apparatus having a drive means and a plurality of the conveying devices.
Claims23
A rail guidable conveying device for conveying products in a conveying direction, comprising
- a guide part,
- a carrying part mounted on the guide part and configured for retaining a product, and
- a coupling part for coupling the device to a drive means, with the coupling part being mounted to the guide part for relative movement between a first position and a second position wherein the coupling is weaker than it is in the first position, with said coupling part having a first surface which when in use is located at the front, as seen the conveying direction, and a second surface which when in use is directed toward the drive means, and wherein when the first surface is subjected to a force essentially counter to the conveying direction the coupling part is moved from the first position toward the second position and the second surface is moved away from the drive means.
A conveying apparatus for conveying sheet-like printed products, comprising
- a first guide rail,
- a plurality of conveying devices mounted for independent movement along the first guide rail in a conveying direction, with each of said conveying devices comprising a guide part, a carrying part mounted on the guide part and configured for retaining a product, and a coupling part mounted to the guide part for relative movement between a first position and a second position and so that the coupling part is movable between the first and second positions as a result of a force acting on the coupling part in a direction essentially counter to the conveying direction,
- a second guide rail,
- a drive means mounted for guidance along the second guide rail and including coupling means for coupling to the coupling part of each conveying device such that in the coupled state the conveying devices can be moved by the drive means along the first guide rail, and
- wherein the coupling part of each conveying device is configured such that the strength of the coupling to the drive means is variable upon movement between the first and second positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.