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Feeding apparatus for paperboard sheets

US4494745A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1981
Grant dateJan 22, 1985
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H3/124
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet feeder for corrugated paperboard sheets utilizing timed intermittently rotatable belts against which either the top or bottom sheet, depending on the configuration chosen, of a stack is brought into contact to feed such sheet in synchronism with adjacent processing machinery and utilizing continuously applied negative atmospheric pressure to hold such sheet against the belts without the need for valving or otherwise breaking the suction pressure.

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