EP0976672A3 - Transporting device - Google Patents

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EP0976672A3
EP0976672A3 EP99113526A EP99113526A EP0976672A3 EP 0976672 A3 EP0976672 A3 EP 0976672A3 EP 99113526 A EP99113526 A EP 99113526A EP 99113526 A EP99113526 A EP 99113526A EP 0976672 A3 EP0976672 A3 EP 0976672A3
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transport chain
transporting device
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Martin Brewster
Keith Arthur Bromwich
John Cracknell
Paul Edgley
David Thomas Hazell
Mehmet Oktay Kaya
John Joseph O'brien
Ian Ralph
Gary Frank Rogers
Kathryn Elain Skipp
Andrew Malcolm Smart
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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/32—Saddle-like members over which partially-unfolded sheets or signatures are fed to signature-gathering, stitching, or like machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/08—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers
    • B65H5/085—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers by combinations of endless conveyors and grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4479—Saddle conveyor with saddle member extending in transport direction

Abstract

Eine Vorrichtung zum Transportieren von Signaturenbündeln (12, 14, 16, 18) von einer ersten, sich mit konstanter Geschwindigkeit bewegenden Transportkette (10) zu einer Bearbeitungsstation umfaßt eine zweite, sich mit variabler Geschwindigkeit bewegende Transportkette (20) sowie eine Vorrichtung (24), welche die
Signaturenbündel (12, 14, 16, 18) in bestimmten Positionen auf der Transportkette (20) hält.

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A device for transporting bundles of signatures (12, 14, 16, 18) from a first transport chain (10) moving at constant speed to a processing station comprises a second transport chain (20) moving at variable speed and a device (24) , those who
Signature bundles (12, 14, 16, 18) in certain positions on the transport chain (20) holds.
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EP99113526A 1998-07-28 1999-07-05 Transporting device Expired - Lifetime EP0976672B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB9816426A GB2340110A (en) 1998-07-28 1998-07-28 Variable speed indexing chain for signatures
GB9816426 1998-07-28

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EP0976672A2 EP0976672A2 (en) 2000-02-02
EP0976672A3 true EP0976672A3 (en) 2002-10-30
EP0976672B1 EP0976672B1 (en) 2004-05-06

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EP99113526A Expired - Lifetime EP0976672B1 (en) 1998-07-28 1999-07-05 Transporting device

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AT (1) ATE265978T1 (en)
DE (1) DE59909374D1 (en)
GB (1) GB2340110A (en)

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US3591165A (en) * 1968-02-20 1971-07-06 North American Rockwell Method and apparatus for handling sheet material, signatures and the like
DE3602319A1 (en) * 1985-03-07 1986-09-11 Grapha-Holding Ag, Hergiswil Conveying installation for printed sheets
WO1994021544A1 (en) * 1993-03-17 1994-09-29 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Variable speed transfer section between bindering lines

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EP0976672B1 (en) 2004-05-06
GB9816426D0 (en) 1998-09-23
EP0976672A2 (en) 2000-02-02

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