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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Egon Hänsch, Wetzikon, CH;
Ferag AG, Hinwil, CH;
Abstract
The apparatus has a first conveyor,and a second conveyor,mounted immediately downstream thereof. Arranged above the first conveyor,is a position changing device,, whose displacement elements,are intended to strike the trailing edge,′ of fed objects,and to feed them to the second conveyor at the correct phase angle. Arranged at the end of the first conveyor,is a restraining device,, whose restraining element,projects into the movement path of the leading edges,′ of the objects,and in each case is briefly withdrawn from this restraining position into a release position outside the movement path of the leading edges,′ when a displacement element,is moving an object,past it into the delivery nip,The restraining device,prevents too many objects arriving being fed to the second conveyor,out of synchronism.