Patent ID: 9296567
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A23G,B65B,B65G

Claim Text:
1. A method for conveying strip-shaped or plate-shaped products using a conveying device, said method having the following steps: (a) supplying the products out of a continuously operating, product producing device the conveying device; (b) conveying the products in the conveying device, the products following one another in succession; (c) transferring the products from the conveying device to a device for continuous further processing of the products (further processing device), the further processing device being intermittently ready for operation and not ready for operation; (d) storing the supplied products in a storage device in the conveying device when the further processing device is not ready for operation and when the storage device is not completely filled with products; (e) discharging the stored products out of the storage device to the further processing device when the further processing device is ready for operation, the further processing device having an operating speed; and (f) discharging the supplied products out of the conveying device when the further processing device is not ready for operation and when the storage device is completely filled with products, further characterized in that the stored products are discharged out of the storage device and transferred to the further processing device when the further processing device is ready for operation, while at the same time newly supplied products are conveyed in the conveying device and transferred to the further processing device, further characterized in that the discharging of the stored products out of the storage device and the conveying of the newly supplied products in the conveying device are controlled such that the stored products are discharged in succession out of the storage device in such manner that a discharged product is placed in a substantially positionally accurate manner onto one of the newly supplied products conveyed in the conveying device, wherein the discharged product and the newly supplied product are then transferred together to the further processing device.