Apparatus for outfeeding flat products, especially printed products, arriving in an imbricated array
US4320894A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 1979 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2301/44732
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for outfeeding printed products arriving in an imbricated product stream, in which, in each case, the leading edge of a printed product overlies the rearward edge of the preceding printed product. The arriving imbricated product stream is infed, by means of a conveyor belt or band, to the conveying gap of a deflection or turning device where the imbricated product stream is turned through about 180.degree.. This deflection device comprises a deflection drum about which there is guided an endless conveyor belt. A pressing or contact belt, held under tension, is arranged opposite the deflection drum and forms together therewith the conveying gap. The pressing belt presses the printed products, traveling through the conveying gap, against the deflection drum. The conveyor belt guided about the deflection drum conveys the printed products, departing out of the conveying gap, towards an individual conveyor. This individual conveyor possesses individually actuatable grippers which, viewed in the product conveying direction, are arranged behind one another and attached to a traction element. These grippers engage the printed products, infed by the conveyor belt, at their lead…
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