Vertical pocket feeder
US7011302B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/176
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Vertical pocket feeder signature handling equipment which supplies signatures in an on-edge orientation one at a time to bindery equipment. The vertical pocket feeder particularly cooperates with a hopper loader apparatus which transfers and separates individual signatures of sheet materials from a vertically aligned, stack of such signatures. The separated, individual signatures may then be subjected to bindery operations such as stapling or stitching.
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