Patent ID: 7234696

Claim:
An apparatus for the transport, in a conveying direction, of blanks, namely printing carriers or coupons ( 11 , 12 ), which are fed as an insert to a pack ( 10 ) in a region of a packaging machine, characterized by the following features: a) arranged at a rear side of the packaging machine is a coupon subassembly ( 14 ) which produces double-coupons ( 15 ) in succession and which comprises a severing element that severs the double-coupons in the middle thereof and produces two individual coupons ( 11 , 12 ) lying adjacent to one another, b) following the coupon subassembly ( 14 ) in the conveying direction, a coupon conveyor ( 17 ) receiving the individual coupons ( 11 , 12 ) and transporting the individual coupons ( 11 , 12 ) in the region of the packaging machine, c) the coupon conveyor ( 17 ) comprises receiving belts ( 23 , 24 ) assigned to each of the two adjacent coupons ( 11 , 12 ), d) means for driving the receiving belts ( 23 , 24 ) at different conveying speeds such that the two adjacent coupons ( 11 , 12 ) become spaced apart from one another in the conveying direction during transport, e) offset deflecting rollers which turn the receiving belts ( 23 , 24 ) in the conveying direction such that the individual coupons ( 11 , 12 ) are turned through 90° from an original position during transport, f) following the receiving belts ( 23 , 24 ), an intermediate conveyor ( 27 ) which merges the individual coupons to a common conveying plane such that the coupons ( 11 , 12 ) are transported in succession in a common conveying plane, g) following the intermediate conveyor ( 27 ), a deflecting conveyor ( 32 ) which deflects the individual coupons by approximately 90° with respect to the conveying direction, h) following the deflecting conveyor ( 32 ), a turning conveyor ( 36 ) which pivots the coupons ( 11 , 12 ) back into a plane corresponding to their original position, i) following the turning conveyor ( 36 ), a coupon magazine ( 22 ) which receives the individual coupons, or a coupon feeder ( 20 , 21 ) which immediately transfers the coupons ( 11 , 12 ) to a pack ( 10 ).