Patent ID: 6241233
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for stacking flat articles, such as newspapers, magazines and the like, comprising:a stacking well which includes a well floor,an ejector,a drive for moving the ejector from a standby position which, as viewed in an ejection direction, is upstream of the stacking well through the stacking well,an insertion device for the lateral insertion of an undersheet into the lower end region of the stacking well in such a way that the undersheet comes to lie on the well floor, wherein the insertion device includes a gripping member mounted to the ejector for gripping the undersheet in the standby position of the ejector and, when the ejector is moved from the standby position through the stacking well for ejecting an earlier positioned undersheet together with a stack of articles arranged on said earlier positioned undersheet from the stacking well, pulling the gripped undersheet into the stacking well.