Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Mobility Gmbh

Jürgen Francke

Holger Schererz

Frank Gerstenberg

Frank Voss

Andreas Krutz

Peter Bretschneider

Florian Bühs

Matthias Nelkel

Jan Gräfing

Thomas Waechter

Göran Keil

An apparatus and a method weigh an object, in particular a flat item of mail, during transport. A conveying device having an endless conveying belt and a counterpart conveying element is able to temporarily grip an object in a clamping region and to transport it in a transporting direction. Weighing scales are able to weigh the object while the object is gripped in a clamping region. The damping element is configured to damp vibrations of an object gripped in the clamping region. The damping element has a surface which is curved in the transporting direction. The endless conveying belt is guided in such a way around the curved surface that the endless conveying belt rests areally against the curved surface in a damping region and the endless conveying belt and the counterpart conveying element are configured to guide the object gripped in the clamping region past the curved surface.

Apparatus and method for weighing an item of mail during transport through a sorting installation and having an anti-vibration device

The invention relates to a device that is provided with a pressing and applying drum () which is driven during start-stop operation and is used for applying the labels () to flat objects () that are transported along a conveying path. A label strip () having a bend that matches the receiving drum surface is pushed onto the side of the pressing and applying drum () with the adhesive side thereof facing towards the outside and vertically in relation to the transport plane of the flat objects () by means of a label conveying and cutting device (), whereby said side faces away from the objects (). The portion which is situated on the stationary pressing and applying drum () is cut off by means of a cutter device that is adapted to the bend.

Device for applying self-adhesive, substrate-free labels to flat articles

The invention relates to a device that is provided with a pressing and applying drum () which is driven during start-stop operation in a controlled manner and is used for applying the labels () to flat objects () which are transported along a conveying path. The aim of the invention is to transport said objects () past the pressing and applying drum. Said drum is provided with a first casing region () which receives labels and has a circular bend. The centre of the circle is situated within the rotational axis. The drum is also provided with a second casing region (). The surface of said second casing region is displaced towards the inside to such an extend that the second casing region () cannot touch the objects in a disturbing manner. The two casing regions () are connected to one another by means of transition areas ().

Device for applying labels to flat objects

Letter stacker

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Jürgen Francke