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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alex Keller, Eschenbach, CH;
Roberto Fenile, Wetzikon, CH;
Assignee:
Ferag AG, Hinwil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/08 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for transporting flexible, sheet-like products, in particular printed products , away and/or for further processing, and having a plurality of grippers which can be moved along a gripper conveying route and follow one after the other in the transporting direction, and having a plurality of suction elements which can be moved along a suction element conveying route and are intended for receiving in each case one product and for transferring the received product to a gripper , the above operations taking place in a receiving and transfer region wherein the suction element conveying route runs along or parallel to the gripper conveying route.