Patent ID: 6543764
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for seperating out at least one individual sheet of a plurality of sheets from a sheet-processing machine, which comprises:providing a revolving gripper chain bearing grippers for gripping the sheets one after another at a leading edge thereof and conveying them with a given mutual travel spacing and a given conveying speed to a stacking region for deposition; providing a separating device beyond the stacking region, the separating device having a controllable revolving suction belt for conveying the individual sheet; accelerating the suction belt to the conveying speed and conveying the individual sheet to the separating device; picking up with the suction belt the individual sheet; opening the grippers; decelerating the suction belt briefly for withdrawing the individual sheet from the grippers; accelerating the suction belt again to at least the conveying speed; and subsequently decelerating the suction belt to a given output speed.