Apparatus for evenly spacing successive printed products
US5722655A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2513/10
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Sheet-like products are fed to the transfer location by a first conveyor. A detector arrangement determines the spacing between the products and controls the first predetermined speed of a second conveyor correspondingly, with the result that, at the transfer location, the formation of the products have a predefined spacing. If the second conveyor is driven, at the stationary transfer location, at the first predetermined speed which differs from a second predetermined speed at the stationary discharge location, the conveying length of the second conveyor changes, thereby displacing a deflection wheel. Different spacings between fed products can thus be evened out.
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