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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
Georges Gombau, Epalinges, CH;
Patrick Lüscher, Cossonay, CH;
Bobst S.A., , CH;
Abstract
Device ( ) for the longitudinal alignment of plate elements ( ) within an infeed station of a machine working them. The aforementioned device is secured by two lateral brackets ( ) between which is settled a conveyor track for the said plate elements, comprising two plates ( ) folded downwise according to a line ( ) non-perpendicular in the meaning of the shifting ( ) of the said plate elements ( ). The latter are moved downstream by means of at least two conveyor belts running around at least two pulleys ( ) secured between unmovable bearings ( ) at the input of the said device. The device ( ) has on its leading edge a protection plate ( ) over which are flaps ( ) movable and interdependent of a transverse shaft ( ) connecting the leading edges of the two lateral brackets ( ). This shaft is moved by an alternate rotation between 0 and 45 degrees, synchronized with the production speed of the machine in order to allow the successive alignment of the said plate elements ( ). It has as a characteristic to be linked and made of several segments ( ) each one of them bearing one of the said flaps ( ).