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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Burkard Roesler, Blender, DE;
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.), Verden, DE;
Abstract
The aim is for packs (10) which arrive in close proximity to one another or at irregular intervals from one another to be transported further at precisely predetermined spacings from one another, for example by a removal conveyor (15). For this purpose, the incoming packs (10) are accumulated, an accumulated group (19) being formed in the process, to be precise in the region of an accumulating conveyor (29). The latter transfers individual packs (10) one after the other, in accordance with the timing of the machine, onto an intermediate conveyor (20) which feeds the packs (10) to the removal conveyor (15) at higher speed and forms the desired spacing in the process. The packs (10) remain in the same conveying plane as the precise spacings are formed between them.