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Method and apparatus for transporting flat products

US7744086B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Siegmund Echerer · Neukirchen, DE
Hubert Schalk · Thierhaupten, DE
Christian Winterholler · Friedberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 4, 2005
Grant date	Jun 29, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 12, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2406/12
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

During the transport of flat products, in particular folded products which are transferred at the end of a transport path to an assembly which forwards them, a great degree of freedom from faults can be attained by the fact that, in the case of lower transport speeds, the products are accelerated during the transfer by air which passes along them at a higher speed in the transport direction than the transport speed. In the case of higher transport speeds, the products are expediently braked during the transfer by reducing the pressure in the gap between one of their surfaces and an adjacent guide surface.

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