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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Beat Studer, Dürnten, CH;
Assignee:
Ferag AG, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/968 ; B65G 2/500 ; B65G 2/900 ; B65G 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/968 ; B65G 2/500 ; B65G 2/900 ; B65G 3/700 ;
Abstract
Flat articles are taken over from a supply device supplying the products e.g. in the form of an imbricated stream and, for creating groups, are transferred to a conveying-away device. Thereby the supply direction and the conveying-away direction are angled in the horizontal plan view. For the transfer of the articles devices are used having a circulating conveying organ with laterally protruding gripper arms and grippers arranged on the gripper arms. The circulation track of the conveying organ extends in a take-over direction through a take-over zone and in a transfer direction through a transfer zone and represents a deflection between take-over and transfer zone.