Transport device, in particular for panel-type workpieces
AssigneeDurst Phototechnik Digital Technology GmbH
InventorsHubert Anton Kaufmann, Peter Weingartner
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Abstract
The invention relates to a conveyor unit constituting a separating and feed mechanism (33), in particular for sheet-shaped workpieces, in particular sheets (3) to be printed, with a lifting mechanism (2) for transporting the sheet (3) vertically and a conveyor track with conveyor means (51, 52) for transporting the sheet (3) horizontally. This being the case, the conveying means (51, 52) are displaceable in a guide system between an operating position for feeding the sheet (3) to a production unit (36), in particular a printing machine (37), and a non-operating position to enable the sheet (3) to be lifted unhindered from a sheet stack (39).
Claims36
Conveyor unit for a printing machine comprising:
- a lifting mechanism for separating a sheet from a sheet stack and transporting the separated sheet along a vertical transport path;
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- a conveyor track with conveyor means for transporting the separated sheet in a conveying direction transverse to the transport path, wherein the conveyor track includes first and second interconnected track parts, and wherein the first and second track parts are moveable to (i) a first position where the first and second track parts lie in a same plane and are in the transport path, and (ii) a second position where the first and second track parts do not lie in a same plane and are adjacent to the transport path, wherein the first and second parts are pivotable about a common shaft, and
- wherein the first and second track parts are moveable in order to fold the conveyor track, by lifting the common shaft in a direction toward a lateral edge of the second track part positioned remotely from the first track part.
Conveyor unit comprising:
- a separating and feed mechanism for a printing machine including a means for separating a sheet from a stack of sheets and lifting the separated sheet along a vertical transport path;
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- a conveyor means including first and second moveable track portions for conveying in a conveying direction in a conveying plane the separated sheet, wherein the conveying direction is transverse to the transport path, wherein the first and second track portions are moveable (i) to overlap the transport path and (ii) to be positioned substantially parallel to each other and adjacent to the transport path, wherein the first and second track portions are pivotably connected to each other by a pivot shaft, wherein the first and second track portions are moveable in respective first and second guide rails extending parallel with the conveying direction and running in planes extending perpendicular to or parallel with the conveying direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.