System for transferring nested printed products from print shops to a grab chain

摘要

PCT No. PCT/DK94/00298 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 5, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 5, 1996 PCT Filed Aug. 3, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/03989 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 1995A system for conveying flat products, such as folded newspapers. The products are received in imbricated formation on a first conveyor and passed to an intermediate or transfer conveyor, the receiving and of which is at a lower level than the discharge end of the first conveyor. The transfer conveyor accelerates the products to a conveyor which has gripping members that receive the leading edges of the products and which moves at a slower speed than the transfer conveyor. The acceleration of the products on the transfer conveyor assures that the leading edges are received within the gripping members.