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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst Loewenthal, Tiengen, DE;
Assignee:
SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198449 ; 198433 ; 198457 ; 198487 ; 198740 ;
Abstract
A conveyor system for advancing groups of edgewise positioned flat articles includes a first conveyor having an outlet end; a second conveyor disposed at the outlet end of the first conveyor and being oriented transversely thereto; and a transfer apparatus including a transfer pusher for sequentially moving the article groups from the outlet end of the first conveyor onto the second conveyor; and an article group accelerator engaging and accelerating the article groups on the second conveyor along the conveying direction thereof prior to engagement and conveyance of the respective article groups by carriers of the second conveyor.