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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephan Edward Abbadessa, Dover, NH (US);
Roger Robert Belanger, Dover, NH (US);
Michael Kruger, Edingen--Neckarhausen, DE;
Hans-Jorg Laubscher, Frankenthal, DE;
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271204 ; 271203 ; 271270 ; 198805 ;
Abstract
A mailroom conveyor system for transporting and handling a stream of printed and folded signatures supplied by high speed tapes of a folding apparatus of a printing press. The system includes a plurality of grippers, a rail system for guiding the grippers, an electric linear drive system for individually driving the grippers in the rail system, and a control system coupled to the electric linear drive system for individually controlling the movement of the grippers in the rail system.