Feed station for feeding flat items to a processing apparatus

US8972046B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Mueller · Germersheim, DE
• Volker Baum · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/1916
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A feed station feeds a flow of items along a transport path, in which a path, a path point W2 is orthogonal to the position of a first transport roller, a path point W3 is orthogonal to the position of a sensor, and a path point W4 is orthogonal to a second transport roller. A distance between W3 and W4 is smaller than the minimum length of the flat items and is greater than or equal to a distance between W4 and a path end point Wend. A distance between Wend and an intake point W4-Wend of the subsequent goods processing apparatus is much smaller than the W4-Wend distance. A transport velocity distance between the separated flat items at the start of the transport path is controlled to a minimum distance and is always the same size when the items leave the feed station.