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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Kevin Lauren Cote, Durham, NH (US);
Charles Henry Dufour, Durham, NH (US);
Heidelgerg Web Press, Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A post folder diverting apparatus includes a first and second conveyor system, each having a conveyor drive, a conveyor cable, a plurality of gripper blocks connected to each conveyor cable and a gripper element attached to each gripper block for transporting signatures from a folder apparatus to separate product streams. The first and second conveyor cables are configured to follow a parallel path for part of the way and separate paths for part of the way. Each gripper block has a first recess for receiving the cable to which it is attached, and a second recess for allowing the other cable to pass through the gripper block without contacting it. The recesses in the gripper blocks are sized and spaced so as to allow gripper blocks attached to the first conveyor cable to share a common path with gripper blocks attached to the second conveyor cable where the conveyor cables follow parallel paths and to deviate from one another where the conveyor cables diverge.