Method of, and apparatus for, conveying sheet like products
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorWerner Honegger
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of, and an apparatus for, conveying sheet like products (10, 10′), in particular printed products. In each case two or more products (10, 10′) are gripped together, in the region of their leading edges (10a, 10a′), by grippers (3) of a gripper conveyor (1) such that the edges (10a, 10a′) are alternately spaced apart from one another. In at least one transfer region (4), the products (10, 10′) are transferred to at least one removal arrangement (2) such that each product (10, 10′) at most partially overlaps the previously transferred product (10, 10′), the leading edges (10a, 10a′) of the products (10, 10′) being spaced apart from one another. The invention has the advantage that the products are directly accessible for further processing.
Claims7
A method of conveying sheet like products, in particular printed products, in each case two or more products being gripped together, in the region of their leading edges, by grippers of a gripper conveyor such that the edges are alternately spaced apart from one another, and the products being conveyed by the grippers, wherein, in at least one transfer region the products are transferred to at least one removal arrangement such that each product at most partially overlaps the previously transferred product, the leading edges of the products being spaced apart from one another, and the at least one removal arrangement is a further gripper conveyor, the spacings between, and the speeds of the grippers of the feeding and removing further gripper conveyors being adapted to one another such that each product to be transferred can be received by a single gripper of the removing further gripper conveyor.
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