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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jürgen Lehmann, Schönwald, DE;
Assignee:
Mathias Bäuerle GmbH, St. Georgen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 ;
Abstract
A transport device for transporting flat goods has at least one transport belt having longitudinal edges and a transport area. At least one vacuum device and at least one guide with sidewalls are provided. The transport area of the at least one transport belt is arranged in the at least one guide such that at least one vacuum slot is formed between at least one of the longitudinal edges of the transport belt and one of the sidewalls neighboring the at least one longitudinal edge. The at least one transport belt has a profiling configured such that vacuum acts on the flat goods via the profiling.