Patent ID: 7877965

Claim:
A method for arranging a row ( 4 ) of flat objects ( 1 ), comprising the steps of: conveying the flat objects ( 1 ) one after the other and spaced apart from one another in a row ( 4 ) on a conveying surface ( 2 ) in a web direction, supplying the objects ( 1 ) in a supply stream ( 3 ) in which the distances (d) between objects are smaller than object lengths (l) in the web direction of the objects ( 1 ) when conveyed in the row ( 4 ), wherein the distance (d) is the distance between leading edges of two neighbouring flat objects ( 1 ), and wherein the supply stream ( 3 ) is a gripper stream in which each object ( 1 ) is held by a gripper ( 90 ) and conveyed from above toward the conveying surface ( 2 ), and positioning the objects ( 1 ) individually and successively by means of acceleration directly upon the conveying surface ( 2 ), wherein in a deflection position, the gripper stream is deflected above the conveying surface ( 2 ) in a web direction and the objects ( 1 ) are thus accelerated, and wherein the objects ( 1 ) are deposited upon the conveying surface ( 2 ) by the grippers ( 90 ) opening, so that the row ( 4 ) is established directly on the conveying surface ( 2 ).