Patent ID: 7585146
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A device for forming stacks of sheet products, the device comprising: at least two set-down tables, each of the set-down tables including at least one set-down surface for receiving the stacks of the products; a drive or transporting arrangement that moves the at least two set-down tables independently from one another along a single table-circulating path, wherein the table-circulating path comprises: wherein the set-down tables include flexible segments such that a shape of each of the set-down tables is configured to conform to curvatures of the table-circulating path, the curvatures being located at least in parts and subregions of the table-circulating path; wherein the drive or transporting arrangement further includes: a first drive means located at a first location along the table-circulating path for selectively lowering one of the at least two set-down tables in the stacking section, a second drive means located at a second location along the table-circulating path for selectively engaging one of the at least two set-down tables in the delivery section, and a third drive means located at a third location along the table-circulating path for selectively engaging and transferring one of the at least two set-down tables from the table store to the stacking section, each of the drive means being independently driven.