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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Hans Müller, Zofingen, CH;
Grapha-Holding AG, Hergiswil, CH;
Abstract
A feeding device for feeding a processing line with printed products, including folded or non-folded printed sheets, from a stack of printed products. The printed sheets are held in a magazine. A conveyor defines a circulating path and moves in a conveying direction for conveying the printed products to the processing line. A synchronously driven separating mechanism, which is pivotally attached to the magazine, acts upon a closed fold or an edge of the printed product and operates to partially remove the printed product from the stack of printed products. A gripping arrangement includes a controlled gripping device attached to the conveyor in a feeding region of the processing line and essentially moves along in the conveying direction for taking over the printed product from the separating mechanism by gripping a front edge of the printed product relative to the conveying direction. The gripping arrangement and the separating mechanism are arranged to one side of the conveyor in an axial direction of the conveyor and arranged adjacent the folds of the printed products so that the respective printed products are gripped only on the one side of the conveyor.