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Apparatus and method for handling bundles of sheets

US4082174A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 1, 1977
Grant dateApr 4, 1978
Priority date—
Expiry dateAug 1, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2301/42266
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and method for handling bundles of sheets and having a pivotal pallet holder which receives the pallet and bundles of sheets in a prone position and which tips them to an upstanding position and onto a conveyor adjacent the holder. The upstanding bundles of sheets are then directed along the conveyor and to selected ones of a plurality of branch conveyors leading to a signature feeder or the like.

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