Patent ID: 6581752
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for splitting-up a serial stream (2) of objects according to a predetermined splitting-up sequence, said objects to be conveyed away along a plurality of conveying away paths, the method comprising the steps of:serially supplying objects (3) to a split-up point (1) and positioning each object in predetermined fashion at the split-up point (1), providing for each one of the plurality of conveying away paths a rail track and a plurality of holding means assigned fixedly to the rail track and movable along the rail track with variable distances between one another, each rail track running through the split-up point and comprising means for buffering the holding means upstream of the split-up point, at the split-up point, taking over each positioned object by one of the buffered holding means (6), and serially conveying away the objects (3) from the split-up point, each object being held by a holding means (6), wherein a sequence of the holding means (6.1, 6.2, 6.3) assigned to different conveying away paths in the serial holding means stream conveyed through the splitting-up point corresponds to the splitting-up sequence.