Signature handling
US3986614A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1973 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2301/42256
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tray is adapted to be supported on an elevator mechanism and moves vertically by the elevator mechanism to pick up a shingled array of signatures which are supported on edge in an inclined position adjacent the elevator mechanism. The tray includes a generally horizontally extending support portion adapted to engage the lower edges of the signatures as the tray is raised. A member located at one end of the tray has an inclined surface against which the last signature at one end of the tray rests. A clamp mechanism at the other end of the tray includes a clamp member which is engageable with the last signature in the array to clamp against that last signature.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.