PLACEMENT STATION FOR PLACING FLAT ITEMS AND FEEDING THEM TO A SINGULARIZATION STATION AND METHOD

摘要

Placement station for placing flat items, having a plurality of transport elements each of which extends through a related opening in a placement deck (12) of the placement station (10), all transport elements being driven by one single drive motor via toothed belt discs and toothed belts. At least one trigger sensor is arranged in the placement station on the exit side of the mail-item flow. The drive motor and the trigger sensor are electrically connected with means for controlling the transport speed of the flat items. Each transport element is carried by a transport module. The placement station (10) is provided with a plurality of transport modules each of which extends with a transport element mounted on its head side through a related opening in a placement deck (12) of the placement station (10). The transport modules are arranged in a manner lowerable below the placement deck (12) in a direction contrary to a spring force (F1). The direction of traction can be changed by turning at least one transport module before or during operation of the placement station. Each transport element (14) has a barrel-shaped body with an equator, wherein different friction values of said body of the transport element (14) are provided on both sides of the equator. The transport modules are positioned in such a direction that the half of the body of the transport element with the higher friction value is closest to the alignment wall (11).