Patent ID: 8376348

Claim:
A device for transfer of flexible, flat objects between two conveyors, comprising: a first gripper conveyor with first grippers that are moved along a first gripper conveyor path and that are fastened on a continuously driven first drive member in a projecting manner, for essentially hanging transport of the objects in a conveyor direction by gripping a first object edge wherein first fastening points, where the grippers are fastened on the drive member, have a constant distance from one another, a second gripper conveyor with second grippers that are moved along a second gripper conveyor path and that are fastened on a continuously driven second drive member in a projecting manner, wherein second fastening points, where the second grippers are fastened on the drive member, have a constant distance from one another, said second grippers receiving the objects by gripping a second object edge that lies opposite the first object edge, at least one actuation device for opening and closing the first and second grippers such that, in a transfer region, a transfer of the objects from the first grippers to the second grippers may take place, wherein the transfer region is the region in which the grippers have approached one another to such an extent that a controlled transfer of the objects from the first grippers to the second grippers is possible, wherein first distances of first consecutive grippers in front of the transfer region are smaller than second distances of second consecutive grippers in front of the transfer region, wherein at least one of the first and second distances are variable, whereby the first distances of consecutive first grippers are locally, in the transfer region, reduced with respect to the first distances in front of the transfer region by way of a concave path curvature, or whereby the second distances of consecutive second grippers are locally, in the transfer region, increased with respect to the second distances in front of the transfer region by way of a convex path curvature.