Patent ID: 6213463
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A conveying apparatus for flexible, flat articles, such as printed products, arriving in an imbricated formation, said imbricated formation having a flat side (106) and a lateral edge section (21), comprising:a transport belt (10) for feeding the imbricated formation (S); a conveyor (14) having a circulation path (104) that functions to move the imbricated formation in a conveying direction (F), said conveyor (14) being arranged downstream of the transport belt (10), said conveyor (14) having grippers (20) which are arranged one behind another and are controlled to grip said lateral edge section (21) of the imbricated formation (S);deflection means, that bears on said flat side (106) of the fed imbricated formation (S), comprising a deflection drum (16);a driven conveying mechanism (24), said driven conveying mechanism (24) forms with said deflection drum (16) a conveying and deflection gap (26) for the imbricated formation (S) and engages around said deflection drum (16);said lateral edge section (21) of the imbricated formation projects beyond said deflection drum (16) and said circulation path (104) is independent of said deflection drum (16) such that the grippers (20) are free to move laterally past the deflection drum (16) on the side where said lateral edge section (21) projects from the deflection drum (16).