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Stacking device for sheets

US4133523A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 1977
Grant dateJan 9, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 29, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/1762
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for stacking sheets from the output of a machine for producing sheets, the device comprising a conveyor system feeding the sheets to a stack forming station, the conveyor system comprising first and second conveyors of which the first conveyor has a telescopic discharge portion which is retracted relative to the second conveyor during the period in which a formed stack is discharged from the stack forming station, to lay sheets on the second conveyor. The second conveyor moves at a reduced or zero linear speed while the speed of the first conveyor remains unchanged.

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