Patent ID: 6213282
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for positionally accurately feeding sheet-like objects to a subsequent process, each object having peripheral edges and having surfaces, the method comprising:temporarily holding the object to a conveying support by at least one of a magnetic effect and a vacuum effect;conveying the objects in succession lying down;aligning each object during its conveyance, comprising;rotating the object around a vertical axis to correct the skew position of the front end of the object;laterally moving the object transversely to the direction of conveyance to laterally align the object;selectively accelerating or decelerating the longitudinal movement of the object in the conveying direction;all of the conveying, aligning, laterally moving, accelerating and decelerating the movement of the object being performed on the object to bring the object to the further process without mechanical alignment action on one of the peripheral edges of the object.