Patent · US Expired

Air corrugated stacking

US5951005A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 1998
Grant dateSep 14, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00468
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is provided document stacking stacker for stacking documents exiting a wide format machine, including a sheet tray having a planar base plate for stacking sheets thereon and a side wall for abutting sheets thereagainst; guides disposed adjacent the tray to direct sheets therein at an angle relative to the plane of the base plate, a feeder associated with the guides to feed sheets through the guides into the tray; a corrugating bar includes an array air corrugaters, the air corrugators are connected to an air plenum, each of the air corrugators have an air discharge ports for discharge of air against incoming bottom surface of sheets in the direction of movement of the sheets to corrugated the sheets as the sheet is feed to the tray.

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