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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2009
Hans Ulrich Stauber, Grut, CH;
Hans Ulrich Stauber, Grut, CH;
Ferag AG, Hinwil, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for compiling flat objects, wherein a gripper conveyor is used, the grippers of which either act directly as support elements or contact surfaces for the products to be compiled, thereby constituting a receiving unit, or interact with a separate support element to form a receiving unit. The use of a gripper conveyor having a controllable opening state and a controllable orientation of the gripper jaws of the individual grippers, and/or a controllable orientation of the separate support elements, has the advantage that the orientation of the contact surfaces and the clamping function within a receiving unit can be set independently of the adjoining receiving units. In this way, greater flexibility is attained.