Patent ID: 6575456
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for held conveyance of flat articles (10) in a dense conveying stream, the device comprising:a plurality of grippers (3), each gripper being equipped for controlled taking-over, holding and releasing an edge zone of one flat article (10) and each gripper being conveyed with the help of a conveying element (1), the conveying elements being displaceable along a conveying track (F) one behind the other, wherein each one of the grippers (3) is arranged on a gripper arm (2), the gripper arm (2) with the gripper (3) are arranged on the conveying element (1) and project asymmetrically therefrom such that the conveying track (F) of the conveying elements (1) is spaced from a symmetry plane (S) separating the gripper (3) into two functionally equivalent parts, and wherein the grippers (3) are adapted for controlled rotation by 360Â° around a gripper arm axis.