Patent ID: 9061855
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a gripper conveyor, a conveying-away device with a conveyor belt, a transfer region, in which the transfer of product units from the gripper conveyor to the conveyor belt of the conveying-away device takes place, transfer means for transferring two-dimensional product units that are fed by the gripper conveyor to the conveyor belt of the conveying-away device such that an imbricate formation is formed, wherein the transfer means comprises at least two product release devices that are arranged one after the other in series in a conveying direction and that are spaced from one another and that are assigned to the gripper conveyor in the transfer region, and wherein the at least two product release devices are individually activatable and are for the individual release of the product units, and a control unit configured to control the transfer means to form an imbricated stream; wherein a distance between the at least two product release devices is selected such that a plurality of conveying cycles of the gripper conveyor have space between the at least two product release devices; and, wherein the control unit is configured to control the product release devices so that the product release devices are individually activated for opening the grippers.