Device for transferring flat objects using a conveyor belt and drum arrangement
US5362040A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H29/26
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The disclosed device allows individual transfer of flat objects from an input conveyor on which the objects move in a same plane according to a given direction into receptacles moving at right angles with respect to the direction. It is comprised of a sequentially driven reception conveyor intended to receive one by one the objects resting in a position slightly inclined with respect to the vertical, and a transfer member moving in synchronism with the conveyor in order to transfer to an injection position towards a receptacle the lower edge of an object resting on the reception conveyor. The device may be used in a postal sorting machine.
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