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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Egon Hansch, Wetzikon, CH;
Ferag AG, Hinwil, CH;
Abstract
The apparatus serves for transporting flexible, sheet-like products, in particular printed products, from a stack, which is positioned at a receiving location, to a discharge location. The apparatus has a separating element as well as a supporting element and a retaining element, which, driven by a shaft, are respectively guided in a first and in a second path about the shaft such that products, which are retained by means of a force-fitting connection at the remote ends, as seen in the direction of rotation of the shaft, are gripped individually by the separating element at the end, located opposite said ends, and, with the top side oriented toward the shaft, can be raised into the region of the first path, where it is possible for them to have the supporting element running beneath them, to be aligned longitudinally in relation to the second path, with the underside oriented toward the shaft, and to be gripped there on the underside by the retaining element, to be released from the force-fitting connection, conveyed to the discharge location and transferred there to a further conveying apparatus.