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Process and apparatus for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets

US4613268A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
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19Claims
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Filing dateMar 15, 1984
Grant dateSep 23, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2301/33214
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for the automatic supply of the magazine of the feeder on a slotter/printer with a high production rate for making cases consisting of corrugated cardboard, comprising a device (3, 10, 4) intended for separating a bundle from the top of a stack of blanks (14) by placing this bundle upright on its edge, a retractable device (4) intended for causing the virtually vertical drop of this bundle, and a guide and receiving device (5, 7) making it possible to stop the bundle, still standing on its edge, a device (6) for squaring the bundle laterally after its drop, a device (27, 7, 8) for raising the bundle to a horizontal position, and a device (9) for receiving and discharging this bundle.

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