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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johannes Jänen, Troisdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Riverwood International Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 4/100 ; B65H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 4/100 ; B65H 5/00 ;
Abstract
There is provided transport apparatus for carton blanks . The blanks are delivered to a pair of rotating nip rollers by using a segment wheel and a swinging suction arm . The nip rollers are drive at a predetermined speed so as to deliver the blanks between two pairs of endless belts which are driven at the same speed as each other, the speed of the belts being slower than that of the nip rollers . The blanks are, therefore, received by the nip rollers in a pitched manner but the relative speeds ensures that the blanks are transported by the endless belts in an unpitched, end to end relationship.