Transferring-out facility
US4948110A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2301/4433
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for selectively guiding printed sheets from the transport channel of a collating machine or the like comprises pairs of cooperating upper and lower clamping plungers which are driven by an arrangement of chains in a manner such that they execute and orbiting movement and are moved into the path on which the printed sheets to be intercepted move, the lower plungers of each pair extending through the transport surface. The pairs of clamping plungers move along a path which possesses a segment which is parallel to the direction of motion of the sheets and a contiguous downstream segment which leads angularly away from the initial motion path of the sheets. The clamping plungers are capable of selective actuation and when in the activated state clamp the printed sheets adjacent the leading and turning edges thereof and thus maintain the alignment thereof.
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