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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Klaus P. Post, Bramsche, DE;
Andreas Walther, Stadthagen, DE;
Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG, Rahden, DE;
Abstract
In a device for loading further-processing machines with printed products, in particular a feeder rack ( ) in gather-stitcher machines or gathering machines ( ) for folded sheets ( ), sheets, booklets or the like, which has a first conveyor arrangement ( ) extending in planar manner for the purpose of feeding printed products ( ) standing on their edges in the form of a horizontal stack ( ), a second, initially upwardly sloping conveyor arrangement ( ) for drawing the printed products ( ) off the stack ( ) in an overlapping formation and for transferring the overlapping stream ( ) to the feeder rack ( ), and infinitely variable drives ( ) associated with the two conveyor arrangements ( ), a control means ( ) is provided which controls the two drives ( ) at a speed ratio to one another which is dependent on the thickness (D) of the printed products ( ) to be processed. The overlapping formation is therefore effected in functionally reliable manner and it is substantially easier to set an optimum degree of overlap.