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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Holger Schererz, Rehfelde, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for turning flat shipments, which are delivered in succession standing on their short sides by a conveyor system, into a recumbent position, without interrupting the conveying. According to the invention, the apparatus has a driven under-floor belt (,) with a low coefficient of friction, which on one side has a projection (,) with a higher coefficient of friction. Located next to the under-floor belt (,) on the side without a projection is a side belt (,), which is positioned obliquely outward and is driven at the same speed as the under-floor belt (,) and likewise has a low coefficient of friction. Downstream thereof in the conveying direction is a conveyor belt (,), whose bearing face together with the bearing face of the under-floor belt (,) defines a plane; the under-floor belt (,) and the conveyor belt (,) are disposed and/or embodied such that the air cushion that forms when the shipments drop is quickly dissipated. Next to the under-floor belt (,), on the side with the projection (,), is a guide device (,), facing the side belt (,), for tipping the shipments onto the side belt (,).