Patent ID: 6302391
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for varying a speed of flat products, comprising:a higher-speed conveyor configuration having conveyor rollers and belts each defining a respective conveyor path for transporting flat products between said belts of said higher-speed conveyor configuration;a slower speed conveyor configuration having belt rollers and belts defining a conveyor path for further transporting the flat products between said belts of said slower speed conveyor configuration; anda configuration of rotational bodies having liner sections disposed in said conveying path of one of said higher-speed conveyor configuration and said slower speed conveyor configuration, said configuration of rotational bodies includes deceleration rollers disposed in said respective conveyor path of each of said conveyor belts, said liner sections being in contact with only one product of the flat products at a time for altering a speed of the one product.