Patent ID: 6179284
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for forming a scaled flow of overlapped, flat articles from a flow of individual, flat and elastic articles, which are supplied and removed with their longitudinal edges positioned between side-mounted guide means, wherein the respectively first one of the individual articles impacts on the side with the respectively last article in the scaled flow under a pointed angle (.alpha.) to the article segment behind the impact point and is then clamped in together with it, wherein the respectively preceding article remains immovable and at a fixed distance(s) between the article rear edge and the rear edge of the clamping region of the following article, until the supplied following article impacts with the preceding article, wherein the following article does not reach the rear edge of the preceding, immovable article until the rear section of this immovable article, which is free starting with the impact point, is pivoted from the feeding direction into the removal direction of the scaled flow and that subsequently these two articles, as well as all the previous articles, are transorted jointly and with guidance until the rear edge of the now last preceding article has reached the fixed distance(s) to the rear edge of the clamping region, wherein the preceding article, as well as all preceding articles, are put into motion just prior to the impact of the following article, in such a way that both articles have the same transporting speed at the time of impact.