Patent ID: 6942087
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
1. A conveyor system for stacks of sheet material formed by sheet layers, comprising: a supply station, where there are several stacks in a stack row in juxtaposed stacking positions for transfer purposes, a discharge conveyor having at least two substantially parallel discharge conveyor sections conveying in at least one discharge direction, a transfer station into which the discharge conveyor partly extends and having transfer positions on each of the discharge conveyor sections and transfer conveyors with grippers, each gripper having upper and lower gripper fingers and being operable for gripping and releasing the stacks and movable in a transfer direction at right angles to the discharge direction, between the supply station and the transfer station, in order to deposit there the gripped and transversely conveyed stacks, and two of the grippers defining a gripper pair associated with each stacking position, and being movable independently of one another and operable for gripping or releasing one of the stacks.