Patent ID: 6702100
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for taking over flat articles (13) being serially supplied by a supply system, conveying them in a take-over direction (3) and then in a transfer direction (2) to be transferred to a conveying-away system and to be conveyed away in a conveying-away direction (1), wherein the transfer direction (2) and the conveying-away direction (1) or a parallel thereof approach one another or intersect in a transfer plane (E.1) standing vertically on a base plane (G) and the take-over direction (3) intersects the transfer direction (2) and the transfer plane (E.1), the device comprising a conveying organ (11) circulating on a circulation track and a plurality of gripper arms (10) each carrying at least one gripper (12) arranged to protrude on the conveying organ (11), wherein the circulation track comprises a take-over zone (A) oriented in the take-over direction (3), a transfer zone (C) oriented in the transfer direction (2) and between the take-over zone (A) and the transfer zone (C) a deflection (B), and wherein the gripper arms (10) are oriented perpendicularly to the expanse of the conveying organ (11) in its direction of travel and at least in the take-over and/or transfer zone (A and C) are non-parallel to a plane of conveyance (4) defined by the take-over direction (3) and the transfer direction (2).