Patent ID: 6338479
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for in-line processing flat objects, comprising:feeding the objects from a device; serially transferring at least one leading specimen of the objects to a system for processing serially received flat objects with a pitch between successive specimens of the objects which is greater than or equal to the dimensions in the direction of transport of the specimens in question of the objects; transporting said at least one leading specimen of the objects in said system; and temporarily collecting at least two specimens of the objects that follow said at least one leading specimen of the objects, wherein temporarily collecting said at least two specimens of the objects occurs in a configuration staggered with respect to each other in the direction of transport with a pitch in the direction of transport, which pitch is smaller than the dimensions in the direction of transport of the specimens in question of the objects; and the collected specimens of the objects are subsequently moved away from each other, from said configuration, in the order in which these specimens of the objects have been collected, and are further transported with mutual interspaces; wherein, in response to a buffer indication, the transport of a specimen of the objects in said system is stopped and subsequently, with some delay, the feeding of specimens of the objects from said device is stopped.