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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1999
Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A signature-delivery-pitch regulating apparatus includes a grip mechanism adapted to grip a signature received in a rotating delivery fan, push the signature out of the delivery fan, and then release the signature on the transport conveyer operating at a speed slower than the moving speed of the grip mechanism. The grip mechanism includes at least one endless chain in meshing engagement with at least a first sprocket and a second sprocket. The first sprocket rotates at a position within a rotation locus of bottoms of signature receiving spaces of the delivery fan and in the vicinity of a region where the delivery fan comes close to the transport conveyer. The second sprocket has an outer circumference located outside the rotation region of the delivery fan. The endless chain can travel along the transport direction of the transport conveyer from a position inside the rotation region of the delivery fan to a position outside the rotation region of the delivery fan. Each pair of first and second grip members provided on different links of the endless chain at a constant pitch is opened and closed in order to grip and release the signature. The endless chain travels at a speed slower than the circumferential speed of the delivery fan.