Patent · US Expired

Device for feeding printed product to a further processing point

US5996987A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 14, 1997
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 14, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2301/4475
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The uppermost printed product is lifted from an intermediate stack, that was loaded from below, by a suction arrangement. The lifted product is fed into the active range of a pushing arrangement that is driven in synchronism with the suction arrangement. The pushing arrangement has stops which are arranged one behind another at a distance and circulate along a closed peripheral path and function to push the printed products released by the suction arrangement, one after another, by acting on the trailing edge of the printed products. The printed products are conveyed from the intermediate stack into the effective range of a conveying apparatus.

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