Conveyor system for flat articles

US4106767A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GAO Gesellschaft für Automation und organisation mbH · DE

Inventors

• Harry Schirrmeister
• Gerd von Aschwege · Munich, DE
• Harald Helmrich · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Herbert Bernardi · Arget, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 1976
• Grant date: Aug 15, 1978
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/1912
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to a conveying system for transporting documents from the delivery end of one conveyor section to the spaced apart entry end of a receiving conveyor section in a manner wherein the document is stiffened by imparting undulating or corrugated folds therein as it is conveyed so as to facilitate the transfer of the document from one conveyor to the next and thereby permitting at least one or both sides of the document to be checked or read as it is being conveyed from one station to the next at the point of transfer.