Patent ID: 6669192
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for transforming a conveying stream of flat articles (4) for at least partly changing an orientation of the articles relative to each other in the conveying stream, the method comprising the steps of:conveying the flat articles (4) held gripped individually in a conveying-in stream along a conveying-in track to a transformation zone (20), conveying the flat articles (4) in a loosely lying manner in a conveying-away stream along a conveying-away track away from the transformation zone (20), wherein in the transformation zone (20) the conveying-in track and the conveying-away track intersect at a first track intersection (A) and at a second track intersection (B) and that the articles (4) are transferred from the conveying-in track to the conveying-away track in groups (1A, 1B, 2A, 2B . . . ) alternately at the first and at the second track intersection (A and B), and, wherein the transfer is controlled in such a manner, that in the conveying-away stream the flat articles (4) are arranged in imbricated stream sections (A/B) comprising one or more successive groups (1A, 1B, 2A, 2B . . . ) and with stream gaps (22) between imbricated stream sections (A/B).