Method and device for clocking in book blocks
US9340380B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/1829
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for supplying book blocks includes a feed conveyor to successively transport the book blocks with optional spacing. A buffer conveyor, arranged downstream of the feed conveyor and connected to a control unit, receives a plurality of the book blocks from the feed conveyor and transports them at a first speed, fitting against each other without a gap. A downstream clocking-in conveyor, coupled to the control unit, respectively receives a single book block from the buffer conveyor at the first speed, accelerates and transports the single book block from the first speed to a second speed. A downstream despatch conveyor includes a plurality of spaced apart pushers defining respective gaps between successive pushers. Each book is transported at the second speed toward the despatch conveyor and is inserted into one of the gaps between two successive pushers on the despatch conveyor.
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