Abstract:
Apparatus for continuously conveying and/or stacking sheets of conveyed goods, especially sheet-metal, in a horizontal plane along an endless conveyor arranged in a horizontal or vertical plane, whereby a plurality of individual transverse members, which are provided with groups of vacuum-suction cups, are arranged to revolve at equal distances from one another, and are operated by a drive; below the conveyor there are located either one or a plurality of stacking stations; groups of vacuum-suction cups on the transverse members are guidable in predetermined positions in such a manner so that they either grip or release the material being transported; the vacuum-supply for the vacuumsuction cups originating from a central vacuum supply device.