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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Jeichienus Adriaan Van Der Werff, Montfoort, NL;
René Van Den Berg, Drachten, NL;
Neopost B.V., Drachten, NL;
Abstract
In the in-line processing of flat objects (S -S ), the flat objects (S -S ) are fed from a device (4) and serially transferred to a downstream system (5). In the system (5) the objects (S -S ) are transported and, if necessary, temporarily collected. The temporary collection of specimens of the objects (S -S ) occurs in a configuration with a pitch in the direction of transport which is smaller than the dimensions in the direction of transport of the objects (S -S ) in question. Then collected objects (S -S ) are moved away from each other, from that configuration, and further transported with mutual interspaces. Because the flat objects (S -S ) are stored with a pitch less than the size in the direction of transport, a large number of objects (S -S ) can be collected in a buffer portion (34, 35; 134; 234) of a small length. Because the objects (S -S ) are stored with a pitch in the direction of transport, however, they can be readily moved away from each other.