Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor having a driven roller chain and a driveable drive face oriented transversely thereto, wherein, in one conveying direction, the rollers of the roller chain run transversely to the underlying drive face, which means that the rollers do not roll thereon but are only pulled thereover, and only when the conveyed goods are to be moved transversely to said conveying direction is the drive of the roller chain switched off and the drive of the drive face switched on, this having the effect that the rollers then rotate in the rotational direction of their longitudinal axis and move the conveyed goods transversely to the previous conveying direction, so that surprisingly friction of the rollers during their movement over the stationary drive face is permitted when the conveyed goods are moved in one conveying direction, and then, when said goods are to be rotated, the drive face is moved and the drive of the roller chain is switched off so that the drive face then causes the rollers

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transferring a conveyed item (2) from a first conveying device (3) onto a base (5) of an additional conveying device (4), by means of an apparatus (1) having a first conveying device (3) and an additional conveying device (4), by means of which apparatus a conveyed item (2) is moved onto a base (5), characterized in that, by means of a lance device (7) having a plurality of lances, the conveyed item (2) is transferred from the first conveying device (3) onto the base (5), which lies on the second conveying device (4).

Abstract: Method and apparatus for the fully automated loading of a storage space with transport goods, in particular the fully automated loading of a storage space of a truck with cuboid transport goods, characterized in that in a first step the transport goods (of whatever kind) to be sent are deposited, in particular stacked, on a flat loading plate, in a second step the loading plate being moved until in front of the start of the storage space, and in a third step the loading plate being moved into the storage space.

Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for forming a plurality of stackable items into a vertically stacked load and thereafter delivering an aligned stack of items positioned on a pallet for eventual transportation while minimizing the misalignment of the stackable items. The apparatus comprises a conveyor for delivering items to be stacked, a vertically moveable conveyor portion, a horizontally reciprocating platform for securing the lifted item, and a retaining front wall and two side walls for aligning the stacked items. The method comprises lifting an item to a position above a stacking position, securing the item in its lifted position, delivering a succeeding item into a position beneath the lifted item, lifting the succeeding item to a position immediately beneath the lifted item, releasing the secured item to drop onto the succeeding item, lifting the item and succeeding item together, and repeating the steps until reaching a desired stacking height.

Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for separating by a pivoting motion a stack formed of a plurality of layers of die cut corrugated board and thereafter delivering separated portions of the stack while minimizing damage to the respective portions. The apparatus comprises a conveyor for delivering stacked portions to be separated, a means for securing portions of the stacked board to portions of the conveyor, and a means for pivoting a portion of the conveyor and a secured stacked portion of the board thereon to thereby pivotally separate the stacked portions from one another along a connecting thin paper web.

Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for producing slit pieces of finished corrugated board from respective paper liners and at least one fluting using a corrugated line having at least a single facer, a double backer and a slitter, while minimizing or substantially eliminating waste resulting from the misalignment of the respective liners, flutings, single face web and corrugated product.