Device for ejecting a flat object during conveying

A device for ejecting a flat object during conveyance of the object along a conveying path, the device comprises:

• an inlet conveyor followed by an outlet conveyor along the conveying path extending substantially horizontally;
• the inlet conveyor has an upstream part with an upstream end that is permanently positioned in the region of the conveying path and an orientable downstream part, and at least the downstream part of the inlet conveyor is movably orientably mounted between a conveying position at which the inlet conveyor is configured to convey the flat object along the conveying path, and an ejecting position in which the orientable downstream part of the inlet conveyor is configured to convey the flat object in a direction different from a direction of the conveying path;
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• the outlet conveyor having an orientable upstream part and a downstream part with a downstream end which is permanently positioned in a region of the conveying path;
• at least the upstream part of the outlet conveyor is movably orientably mounted between a conveying position, in which the outlet conveyor is configured to convey the flat object along the conveying path, and the ejecting position in which the orientable upstream part of the outlet conveyor extends in a direction which is different from the conveying path and extends in an area of space which, relative to the conveying path, opposes the area of space occupied by the orientable part of the inlet conveyor when the inlet conveyor is also in the ejecting position,
• wherein each of the inlet conveyor and the outlet conveyor comprises two superposed conveyors, including a lower conveyor and an upper conveyor,
• wherein the orientable downstream part of the inlet conveyor comprises both the downstream part of the corresponding lower conveyor and the downstream part of the corresponding upper conveyor, and
• wherein the orientable upstream part of the outlet conveyor comprises both the upstream part of the corresponding lower conveyor and the upstream part of the corresponding upper conveyor.