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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2004
Erik Vind Nielsen, Esbjerg, DK;
Erik Vind Nielsen, Esbjerg, DK;
Müller Martini Holding AG, Hergiswil, CH;
Abstract
An arrangement for an optional forming of stacks of multiple products conveyed successively along a conveying path, and/or for changing the sequence of products conveyed successively along the conveying path. The arrangement includes a conveying device having conveying sections for transporting the products in a conveying direction. At least one up and down movable lifting element is disposed on at least one side of the conveying device and picks up the products from an underside of the products along the conveying path from the conveying device and subsequently deposits them again. The lifting element is disposed at a right angle to the conveying direction and is displaceable below a support surface of the conveying device.