Patent ID: 6102651
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
In a device for forming a stack of paper items to be transported on a tray in a conveying direction, wherein the stack is transported by a cross assembler to a compacting tunnel and wherein a blocking device for the stack is provided, the blocking device defining a space for receiving the stack, the space having a top, and a bottom opposite to the top, and at least two pairs of opposed sides, and the blocking device further includes at least one charging device, the improvement wherein the charging device includes at least first and second charging electrodes, the first electrode located on a first side of the defined space and the second electrode located on a second side and opposite to the first electrode, the charging device comprises means for electrostatic charging of the paper items in the stack formed in the cross assembler, and wherein the tray comprises a lifting platform for the cross assembler.