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Suction tape conveyor table

US5810350A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1995
Grant dateSep 22, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2406/321
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for conveying a stream of sheets to a sheet-processing machine having a conveyor table with endless transport tapes formed with through-holes and drivable around the conveyor table, and a suction box arranged below the conveyor table and connected with an underside of the transport tapes via suction openings formed in the feed table includes three suction chambers formed in the suction box and extending in succession in a sheet transport direction, the suction chambers including a first suction chamber subjectible to underpressure by a first vacuum source, a third suction chamber facing towards the sheet-processing machine, and a second and middle suction chamber subjectible in common with the third suction chamber to underpressure by a second vacuum source.

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