Sheet distributing device
US4006894A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 1975 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H29/60
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet distributing device includes a plurality of sheet receiving pockets for receiving sheets in a predetermined sequence. A flexible belt conveyor is provided for transporting sheets in a transport plane adjacent in-feed openings of the pockets. A pair of guide rolls is positioned at the in-feed opening of each of the pockets and each pair of rolls is positioned tangent to a lower run of the belt conveyor and extends transverse to the transport plane in spaced apart parallel relation. A deflector means is movable on a path parallel to the transport plane and also between a raised position and a lowered position against the lower run of the belt conveyor. In the lowered position the deflector means locally deforms the belt conveyor into a loop between a pair of the guide rolls to thereby divert a sheet from the transport plane and direct it into a pocket.
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