Patent ID: 6619462
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A device for conveying printed boards, comprising:a base; and a multiplicity of segments, connected so as to follow each other in a given direction of conveyance, the segments including, on both sides in relation to the direction of conveyance, a conveyor cheek, in which rollers and a conveyor belt running around them, operate, a device for pressing the printed boards against the conveyor belts, including, on each side facing an opposing conveyor cheek, one connector block, each aligned in the direction of conveyance at an edge of the conveyor cheek, a vertically aligned movable plate, arranged on the conveyor cheek in each segment, wherein the rollers along with the conveyor belt are mounted on each movable plate, and a lifting device, provided for raising the movable plates toward the connector blocks, wherein the conveyor belts on the movable plates and the connector blocks on the conveyor cheeks are disposed in such a manner that, by raising the movable plates, an intermediate space is set between the conveyor belts and the connector blocks, said space being adjustable to correspond to a particular thickness on the edge of a printed board to be conveyed.