Paper stack handler
US6134865A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB43M3/045
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An on-the-fly paper stack handler has a paper stack conveyor for continuously serially conveying stacks of paper, a tray conveyor disposed below and downstream of the paper stack conveyor for continuously serially conveying trays, and a transfer conveyor extending between the paper stack conveyor and the tray conveyor for conveying stacks of paper along a path from the paper stack conveyor into the trays. The transfer conveyor has a platform for supporting paper stacks and has pushers extending downwardly into the path of the paper stacks so that these pushers may push the stacks into the trays and operate in close proximity to the trays. A rest arm extending downstream from the transfer conveyor rests on the stacks in the trays to maintain control of same.
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