Method and device for processing of sheet material
US5984304A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B27/462
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Individual sheets of a sheet material to be treated which arrive in an arrival sequence, are distributed on two or more adjacently located conveying tracks. The sheets are conveyed along the conveying tracks through a processing station and are sorted thereafter in accordance with their arrival sequence. The distribution of the sheets is based on evaluating utilization of the conveying tracks to minimize the distance between sheets following each other on the same transport track. A throughput for sheets with varying length that is approximately equal to the throughput for sheets of same length is achieved.
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