Device and method for distributing a predetermined number of sheets from a group of sheets path
US6942216B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H33/12
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a device for distributing a predetermined number of sheets (410, 412, 414, 416) from a group of sheets in which a plurality of sheets is arranged in a shingled mode of arrangement in a sheet transport direction (P) in such a way that the leading edges of the sheets in the paper transport direction are spaced apart by a certain length of displacement (X), wherein the group of sheets is moved in the sheet transport direction (P) by a predetermined distance which depends on the number of sheets to be distributed and on the sheet displacement, a respective sheet constituting the leading sheet in the sheet transport direction (P) being distributed from the group of sheets as soon as the respective leading sheet has reached a distributing unit (504) as a result of the movement.
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