Patent ID: 8875868

Claim:
An apparatus for aligning a sheet product, the apparatus comprising: a conveyor system for conveying the sheet product on a conveying surface of the conveyor system in a direction of conveyance (F) at a conveying velocity (V F ); and at least one alignment unit having a self-contained, flexible force transmission member, and the sheet product having, on its side facing away from the conveying surface, an at least partially exposed surface, wherein: the at least one alignment unit is arranged above the conveying surface and is configured to change the situation of the product with respect to its undisturbed conveying movement on the conveying surface by means of a force transmitted directly onto the exposed surface, the exposed surface being a surface of the sheet product arranged parallel to the conveying surface; the self-contained, flexible force transmission member forms a sagging strand, on that side of the alignment unit which is facing toward the conveying surface; and the sagging strand is configured to rest with a portion (K 1 ) on the at least partially exposed surface of the product and thus subject said product to the force.