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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2002
Michel Björn, Stuttgart, DE;
Gericke Stephan, Osfildem, DE;
Michel Björn, Stuttgart, DE;
Gericke Stephan, Osfildem, DE;
LTG Mailänder GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The apparatus () serves for transporting and stacking goods (), in particular in the form of plates such as metal plates or the like, and includes a feed transport device (), which is connected to a stacking device (). In this apparatus an overhead transport device () is provided which is disposed at least partially in a stacking area () above the stacking device () and which has a holding system () which can be activated and deactivated, where a delay system is provided for time-delayed activation of an effective holding force of the overhead transport device at a point in time when the front, seen in the direction of transport, area of the goods overlaps the stacking area in the direction of stacking.