Patent ID: 6352148
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
Device for the alignment of tube segments (1), especially with several stagger-cut layers of paper at the ends (1b), exhibiting mutually parallel first conveyor belts (3) on which the tube segments lie with their wide sides (1a) facing the direction of travel, as well as second conveyor belts (4) carrying stops arranged at preset intervals, in which case the second conveyor belts are aligned at an angle relative to the direction of travel, wherein the first conveyor belts (3) are aligned in the direction of travel and the second conveyor belts (4) are aligned at an angle relative to the direction of travel and the stops on the second conveyor belts (4) are entrainment means designed to engage the back wide side (1a) of the tube segments (1), their purpose being to push an end (1b) of the tube segment (1) on the first conveyor belt (3) to a sensor (8) that operates without making contact in such a way that a signal from the sensor (8) triggered by the end (1b) will retard the second conveyor belts (4), which are leading the first conveyor belts (3), in such a way that further transport will be taken over exclusively by the first conveyor belts (3).