Device for guiding printing products

US6213461A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• KOENIG & BAUER AG · DE

Inventors

• Holger Ratz · Bischofswerda, DE
• Rudolf Stab · Bischofswerda, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2404/311
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Printed products are guided from an infeed to a delivery belt by a plurality of partially overlapping paddle blades. The paddle blades are secured to an endless carrier such as a chain or a toothed belt. The printed products are deposited on the delivery belt in a smooth, gentle manner as they slip out of the pockets defined by the adjacent overlapping paddles.