(19)
(11)EP 2 554 502 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
02.04.2014 Bulletin 2014/14

(43)Date of publication A2:
06.02.2013 Bulletin 2013/06

(21)Application number: 12178997.8

(22)Date of filing:  02.08.2012
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65H 5/30(2006.01)
B65H 39/04(2006.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30)Priority: 05.08.2011 US 201113204156

(71)Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.
Durham, NH 03824 (US)

(72)Inventors:
  • Tassinari, Peter Roy
    Kennebunkport, ME Maine 04046 (US)
  • Luxem, Heiner
    DURHAM, NH New Hampshire 03824 (US)

(74)Representative: Tischner, Oliver 
Lavoix Bayerstrasse 83
80335 München
80335 München (DE)

  


(54)Apparatus for opening and transporting a product with a non-symmetrical fold


(57) A method for transporting newspapers includes the steps of feeding an asymmetrically folded multiple section newspaper into a pocket (11) of a pocket conveyor (10) of an inserting machine, wherein the asymmetrically folded multiple section newspaper has an extended lap having a height of at least 15% of a height of the asymmetrically folded newspaper when unfolded. A face of a first section of the headline side of the newspaper, when fed into the pocket (11) is adjacent a movable wall (112) of the pocket, and a back of a last section of the headline side of the newspaper adjacent a fixed wall (120) of the pocket. The method further comprises feeding one or more inserts from a hopper to the pocket, where the inserts are fed into an opening between newspaper sections, removing the newspapers with the inserts therein from the pocket with a gripper conveyor, and releasing the newspapers with the inserts from the gripper conveyor headline up on a lapped stream conveyor.







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