Apparatus for gathering postal items and corresponding method

Apparatus (1) for gathering postal items (2) having a postal item feeding path (3) for feeding postal items (2) at a speed of transport and a postal item gripper (8) for gripping and subsequently releasing postal items (2). The gripper (8) is circulatable in a sense of circulation along a circulatio...

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Main Authors BIJL, ERIK JOUKE, SYTEMA, HERMAN, OOSTERHOFF, HANS
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 07.10.2009
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
STORING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Apparatus (1) for gathering postal items (2) having a postal item feeding path (3) for feeding postal items (2) at a speed of transport and a postal item gripper (8) for gripping and subsequently releasing postal items (2). The gripper (8) is circulatable in a sense of circulation along a circulation path (10) downstream of the feeding path (3). Each time prior to gripping of one of the postal items (2) by the gripper (8), at least the speed of transport of the gripper (8) is temporarily reduced to a reduced speed of transport or the speed of transport of the postal item (2) along the feeding path (3) is temporarily increased to an increased speed of transport. A method for gathering postal items (2) is also described.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20080154033