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Apparatus and method for handling stacks of printing media

US8387967B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG) · DE

Inventors

Martin Bischoff · Großhelfendorf, DE
Harald Freudenberg · Marklohe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2010
Grant date	Mar 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65B19/22
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for handling stacks (18) of printing media (11) which are arranged above one another and are made from packaging material, in particular a magazine (16) for excise stamps, coupons or the like, preferably within an apparatus for producing packs (10) for cigarettes, having a shaft (19) for receiving the stack (18), which shaft (19) is delimited at least partially by preferably stationary walls (20) and is, in particular, upright. The shaft (19) can have at least one suction device (25) which acts in regions on the stack (18) in order to hold and/or align the printing media (11) on the wall (20) by means of vacuum.

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