Patent ID: 8960666
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A device for conveying a shingled stream of flat, flexible objects along a conveyor path, wherein successive objects have an overlap with a length, the device comprising: at least three first suction and conveyor devices disposed along the conveyor path successively in a direction of the conveyor path, each of the suction and conveyor devices including a first unit and at least one conveyor belt, the first units each being configured to generate a vacuum through a whirlwind to attract at least one of the objects and being disposed in a casing having a suction aperture, wherein velocities of the conveyor belts in each of the first suction and conveyor devices are controllable individually and independently from one another, wherein the at least three first suction and conveyor devices are disposed downstream, in the direction of the conveyor path, from a device for generating the shingled stream of flat, flexible objects, the device for generating comprising: