Global Patent Index - EP 1057762 B1

EP 1057762 B1 20040218 - Method and device for transporting objects arriving in overlapping formation

Title (en)

Method and device for transporting objects arriving in overlapping formation

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Transportieren von in einer Schuppenformation anfallenden Gegenständen

Title (fr)

Procédé et dispositif de transport d'objets arrivant en formation imbriquée

Publication

EP 1057762 B1 20040218 (DE)

Application

EP 00108895 A 20000427

Priority

CH 101499 A 19990531

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1057762A1] The items (10) produced by a rotary printer (26) have a constant length (A1) but can be variable in width (A2,A2). As they fall on to a conveyor belt (16) they overlap with a constant gap (B) between their front edges (12). Transport clamps (18) are located on a separate conveyor (20) at spacings which ensure that each object can only be gripped by one clamp. When a predetermined number of items are positioned between the jaws of a clamp it closes and transports them away from the first conveyor belt.

IPC 1-7

B65H 29/00; B65H 29/04

IPC 8 full level

B65H 29/60 (2006.01); B65H 29/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/04 (2006.01); B65H 29/66 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65H 29/005 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 29/6672 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2301/33 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2301/34 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2301/4354 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1057762 A1 20001206; EP 1057762 B1 20040218; AT E259751 T1 20040315; AU 3538200 A 20001207; AU 768435 B2 20031211; CA 2309267 A1 20001130; DE 50005297 D1 20040325; DK 1057762 T3 20040308; JP 2001010757 A 20010116; US 6406014 B1 20020618

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00108895 A 20000427; AT 00108895 T 20000427; AU 3538200 A 20000518; CA 2309267 A 20000524; DE 50005297 T 20000427; DK 00108895 T 20000427; JP 2000155958 A 20000523; US 58459500 A 20000531