Patent ID: 6409168
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
Apparatus for converting the formation of sheet-like articles which are fed on a first conveyor driven at a first conveying speed and, by a displacement arrangement are transferred individually from a first formation into an imbricated formation and into an active region of a second conveyor, driven at a second conveying speed, which is greater than the first conveying speed, wherein the displacement arrangement has a displacement member which is provided with a hook and, by means of a drive and a guide means can be displaced cyclically in an operating region, at least more or less in the conveying direction of the first conveyor, at a speed which is greater than the first conveying speed, such that the sheet-like articles in the first formation, which forms an imbricated stack, can be gripped individually by the hook and transferred to the second conveyor, and into the imbricated formation.