Transport system for sheet material
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1. A transport system for a sheet material, the system comprising:
- a conveyor belt being permeable to air by bores extending through the conveyor belt;
a vacuum chamber provided on a first side of the conveyor belt, the vacuum chamber being configured to provide a suction force in a first direction, the suction force adhering the sheet material to a second side of the conveyor belt, the first side of the conveyor belt being opposite from the second side of the conveyor belt and the first direction being transverse to a transport direction of the conveyor belt; and
air nozzles arranged at a deflection position inside the vacuum chamber, the air nozzles being configured to supply pressurized air through the bores of the conveyor belt in a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction.
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Abstract
The invention is related to a transport system for sheet material including a conveyor belt charged with a vacuum. The transport system includes a vacuum chamber providing the vacuum to charge the conveyor belt while moving along the vacuum chamber in a transport direction, wherein the conveyor belt is permeable to air by recesses having specified distances from each other, and air nozzles arranged at a deflection position inside the vacuum chamber. The specified distances from each other correlate with the distances of the recesses in the conveyor belt to allow pressurized air charged to the air nozzles to pass through the recesses in the conveyor belt.
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1. A transport system for a sheet material, the system comprising:
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a conveyor belt being permeable to air by bores extending through the conveyor belt; a vacuum chamber provided on a first side of the conveyor belt, the vacuum chamber being configured to provide a suction force in a first direction, the suction force adhering the sheet material to a second side of the conveyor belt, the first side of the conveyor belt being opposite from the second side of the conveyor belt and the first direction being transverse to a transport direction of the conveyor belt; and air nozzles arranged at a deflection position inside the vacuum chamber, the air nozzles being configured to supply pressurized air through the bores of the conveyor belt in a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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