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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Manfred Boller, Hohentengen, DE;
Jean-Claude Oppliger, Niederhasli, CH;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
A device for sorting and selectively collecting flat products, such as shipping pouches, printed products or workpieces, which are placed at predetermined collecting points along the conveying path of an endless conveyor and below the conveyor in collecting containers, includes a pushing device for moving the empty collecting containers transversely of the direction of movement of the conveyor on a transfer path between a lateral pick-up position and the collecting point. The pushing device is reversibly driven in a guide arrangement of the transfer path, wherein the filled collecting containers can be ejected from the collecting point. For driving the pushing device, the pushing device is connected to a drive member of a fixedly mounted drive unit, wherein the drive member is attached to an endless or revolving traction unit.