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Method of and apparatus for arranging sheets

US4915368A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 5, 1988
Grant dateApr 10, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/00168
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

When arranging a plurality of sheets side by side in predetermined pattern on a sheet receiving member, the sheets are fed to a receiving position one by one, and are picked up one by one by a suction cup on a rotatable arm member. The rotatable arm member is rotated to bring each sheet picked up by the suction cup to a delivery position, and the sheet is placed on the part of the sheet receiving member positioned in the delivery position while the sheet receiving member is moved, in synchronization with rotation of the rotatable arm member, along a predetermined path corresponding to said predetermined pattern so that a new part of the sheet receiving member is brought to the delivery position each time the sheet receiving member is moved. This method is applicable to a process for making chemical analysis slides.

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