141 |
Prefeeder for stacked sheets of paperboard products |
US51740 |
1993-04-22 |
US5423657A |
1995-06-13 |
Terry M. Frost; Terry B. Smith; Jon P. Drake; Hugh F. Moran |
An improved prefeeder assembly for shingling planar sheets in which a sheet stack is positioned on a prefeeder lift conveyor which lowers the sheet stack into a floor pit to incrementally elevate the sheet stack. A block pusher assembly sequentially pushes bock segments to a conveyor assembly where a shingling assembly shingles the sheets. A bottom sheet removal assembly having an in-path diverter plate contacts and diverts only the bottom sheet of the bottommost block segment as this block segment is being shingled. As shingled sheets are discharged to other process equipment, a tamping assembly tamps the sheet edges for uniform restacking. |
142 |
Sheet refeeding device |
US942970 |
1992-09-10 |
US5280896A |
1994-01-25 |
Yasushi Yamada |
An apparatus for repeatedly feeding a pile of sheets to a copy section, including a feeding device to feed a sheet from the top of the pile of sheets to the copy section; a returning device to return a sheet from the copy section to the pile of sheets; and a inserting device to insert a sheet under the bottom of the pile of sheets stacked on the sheet stand. |
143 |
Carton blank prefeeding apparatus and process |
US775711 |
1991-10-11 |
US5238239A |
1993-08-24 |
Philip S. LaChapelle |
A carton blank prefeeding apparatus generally comprising a carton blank stack magazine situated above a conveyor. The conveyor is preferably tri-sectional, having a blank withdrawal section, an intermediate section and a delivery section. Typically, the blank withdrawal section and the delivery section are pivotally attached to the supporting subframe, thus allowing adjustment of the relative angles of inclination between successive conveyor sections. An upper conveyor may be situated above the delivery section to cooperate therewith in the delivery of the blanks. A center driven pulley may be utilized to drive the tri-sectional conveyor directly, as well as the upper conveyor via an interconnecting drive belt. A pair of opposing blank flexing members situated laterally of the conveyor facilitate the removal of debris on the blanks. The process of the invention contemplates first providing a stack of carton blanks. Second, individual blanks are removed from the bottom of the stack in shingled arrangement. Next, the blanks are flexed while in the shingled arrangement such that they are convex. Then the blanks are restacked. |
144 |
Apparatus for dispensing flat articles |
US924261 |
1992-08-03 |
US5238143A |
1993-08-24 |
Adam J. Crighton |
An envelope dispensing module (10) for use in an ATM includes feed belts (26) for feeding the lowermost envelope (18') of a stack of envelopes (18) along a feed path (49) towards an exit slot (50). Pulse generating apparatus (54) includes a roller (62) which is urged into engagement with the underside of the lowermost envelope (18') as this envelope (18') is fed along the feed path (49). During such feeding movement, a sensor (68) associated with a timing disc (64) mounted for rotation with the roller (62) generates a series of timing pulses in response to rotation of the roller (62) due to its engagement with the lowermost envelope (18'). Electronic control circuitry is arranged to stop the feed belts (26) with the lowermost envelope (18') in its correctly presented position at the exit slot (50) in response to the control circuitry counting a predetermined number of timing pulses subsequent to the sensing of the leading edge of this envelope (18') by an exit sensor (78) positioned behind the exit slot (50). |
145 |
Self-adjusting closed-loop friction feeder |
US929351 |
1992-08-14 |
US5201508A |
1993-04-13 |
Youti Kuo |
An apparatus feeds and separates sheets individually from a stack of sheets. A nudger is disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the stack, and a mechanism, including a rotatable friction feed belt thereon, is disposed adjacent a sheet on the stack to be fed. A variable normal force is provided between the nudger and the friction feed belt of the mechanism. A sensor detects a lead edge of a sheet at a preselected location relative to the mechanism, and the increase in the normal force between the mechanism and the nudger is stopped when the lead edge of a sheet is detected by the sensor. |
146 |
Anti-skew device for singulating feeder |
US826329 |
1992-01-24 |
US5195737A |
1993-03-23 |
Edward M. Ifkovits, Jr.; Edward F. Ifkovits, Sr. |
A belt feeding assembly for feeding paper sheets. The assembly includes: a pair of side frames; an upstream shaft and a downstream shaft mounted in the side frames; a first timing pulley and a second timing pulley each having a one-way clutch for mounting on the downstream shaft; a third timing pulley and a fourth timing pulley each having a one-way clutch for mounting on the upstream shaft; a first timing belt mounted on the first and third pulleys; a second timing belt mounted on the second and fourth pulleys; and a device for driving the first and second timing belts, whereby when the first and second timing belts are initially driven at the start of operation, the one-way clutches enable the timing belts to properly and precisely seat in the timing pulleys. |
147 |
Sheet material feeder |
US680081 |
1991-04-03 |
US5110107A |
1992-05-05 |
Thomas E. Bieber |
A sheet material feeder for high speed singulating and seriatim feeding of sheet material articles from the bottom of a stack disposed in a hopper comprises apparatus for feeding sheets from the stack and a restrainer device for restraining all but the lowermorst sheet from being fed from the hopper by virture of transversely corrugating the sheet while it is fed from the hopper and passed through the restrainer. |
148 |
Device for the sequential introduction of sheets in a shaping or forming
machine |
US513810 |
1990-04-24 |
US5026040A |
1991-06-25 |
Henri Gibert |
A device for sequentially introducing sheets placed in a stack into the nips of a pair of introduction rollers comprising at least one linear member having ends secured to a control pulley or roller and passing around a return pulley or roller which is adjacent the nips of the introduction rollers. A plurality of cams mounted on rotating shafts for engaging a run of the linear member to shift it from a retracted position to a position for engaging a bottom sheet in a stack disposed above the linear member, a vacuum chamber disposed along each linear member for holding the sheet on the members as they engage the sheet and carry it toward the nips. |
149 |
Paper feeding device |
US71826 |
1987-07-10 |
US4919411A |
1990-04-24 |
Theodorus M. Ceelen |
This paper feeding mechanism comprises a first spring for biasing a stack of paper against a belt for driving one or two sheets of paper from the stack toward a gap which is slightly larger than the width of one sheet of paper, and a second spring for flattening the selected sheet or sheets against the belt just prior to entering the gap. The belt is held solidly in position by a backing Teflon block to form one side of the gap, and a sharp edge that is positionally adjustable forms the other side. The sharp edge is rounded slightly to compensate for the possibility of mechanical inaccuracies, and the second spring presses the paper against the belt just prior to the knife edge for more reliable operation with stiff paper. |
150 |
Bottom scuff sheet separating device |
US137775 |
1987-12-24 |
US4844435A |
1989-07-04 |
John Giannetti; Jerry F. Sleve; Robert H. Shea |
A scuff separating device capable of feeding document sheets from the bottom of a stack includes a feed belt below and contacting the bottom of the stack. A retard roller rests on the belt and prevents double feeds. The retard roller and belt both have high coefficients of friction. A brake on the retard roller prevents rotation when more than one sheet is in the nip but permits rotation when one or no sheets are in the nip. |
151 |
Feeding mechanism |
US863372 |
1986-05-15 |
US4772004A |
1988-09-20 |
Roman M. Golicz |
A mechanism for feeding sheets having a feed belt on front and rear rollers. A singulator assembly overlying and in contact with the feed belt. An auxiliary roller interposed between said front and rear rollers, with the singulation assembly in contact with the feed belt at a point between the front roller and the auxiliary roller. The singulator having a pair of spaced side frame members, central pressure means between the spaced frame members, a roller rotatably mounted on each end of the frame members, and a belt surrounding the rollers and the central pressure means, so that sheets on said feed belt are fed one by one between the singulator assembly and the feed belt. |
152 |
Corrugated sheet unstacking and feeding apparatus |
US866162 |
1986-05-22 |
US4700941A |
1987-10-20 |
David Shill |
A corrugated sheet stacking and feeding apparatus is provided in which stacks of sheets are fed to the unstacking apparatus and are raised to an elevated position in which blocks are progressively removed from the top of the stack and pushed and fed onto an inverting carriage that receives the blocks and pivots the blocks vertically upward and then to an inverted position over a feed conveyor. While the block of sheets are raised to a vertical orientation, alignment elements move inward along the lateral sides to align the lateral edges of the sheets with respect to each other and to laterally shift the block to align the block with a central feed axis. The block then is lowered onto the feed conveyor and moved forward through a shingling gate to feed the sheets progressively in a shingled fashion to a discharge end of the conveyor. |
153 |
Machine for accumulating edgewise supported articles |
US421267 |
1982-09-22 |
US4500245A |
1985-02-19 |
James A. Madewell; Edwin A. Molitor; Norman P. Crowe; Guy W. Lampe; Charles F. Pavey |
A machine for forming a slug of edgewise supported flat articles. The machine includes a table above which the articles of the slug are accumulated. Paired conveyor belt means advance the articles in shingle fashion past an edge of the table. One of the belt means has a portion parallel to and at substantially the level of the table for rapidly advancing lower edges of the articles away from the other of the belt means and onto the table. An upper backstop supports the articles on the table and on said belt portion. The articles are urged toward the backstop means to form the slug. The upper backstop is advanced from said edge of the table as the slug of articles forms on the table. Control of the slug is transferred from the upper backstop to an auxiliary backstop. Upright fingers are advanced into engagement with a last article in the slug so that the slug is held between the fingers and the auxiliary backstop. The fingers and the auxiliary backstop are advanced in unison to advance the stack to a discharge station. |
154 |
Apparatus for dividing stacked sheets and for feeding out the same |
US217246 |
1980-12-17 |
US4376530A |
1983-03-15 |
Naoto Akai |
An automatic sheet feeding apparatus in which a stack of sheets is separated from each other and separated sheets are fed out one by one. The stacked sheets are fed to a friction roller by means of a feeding roller and they are divided by two belts differing in stretching force which are arranged to have butting contact with the friction roller. |
155 |
Apparatus for withdrawing flat carton blanks from a stack thereof |
US205046 |
1980-11-07 |
US4369961A |
1983-01-25 |
Helmut Gopel; Hartmut Klapp |
An apparatus for the withdrawal of flat carton blanks made of paperboard, boxboard or corrugated board from a stack located in back of a retaining mechanism, which comprises conveyor belts and belt guides disposed beneath the stack of blanks for the controlled withdrawal of the lowermost blank and, directly adjacent to such takeoff conveyor and driven in synchronism therewith, a conveyor for the onward transportation of the individually withdrawn blanks. The belts of the takeoff conveyor under the stack are carried downwardly at an acute angle relative to the belt guides starting in the vicinity of retaining mechanism and there is disposed below said conveyor belts, in the vicinity of said retaining mechanism an eccentrically mounted roll whose eccentric shaft is driven by a drive controlled in synchronism with the drive of the takeoff conveyor. |
156 |
Cardboard-feeding device |
US802971 |
1977-06-02 |
US4106764A |
1978-08-15 |
Takeo Tamura |
A cardboard sheet-feeding device used for feeding corrugated cardboard one sheet after another, such as to an automatic box-making machine. The cardboard-feeding device has a frictional conveyor belt driven in one direction, a control plate located above the frictional conveyor belt, and a positioning device for stacking sheets of cardboard upon the frictional conveyor belt behind the control plate, whereby upon movement of the frictional conveyor belt the bottom most cardboard sheet in the stack stacked on the friction conveyor belt is fed forward, slipping under the control plate. There is also provided a cardboard-holding device which is supported and driven by a pair of endless movable loops, the loops being driven via a sliding clutch, and which exerts pressure on the stack of sheets to correct warping of the sheets regardless of the height of the stack. |
157 |
Ticket counter and endorser |
US465700 |
1974-04-30 |
US3944210A |
1976-03-16 |
George P. McInerny |
Apparatus for counting and endorsing documents and more particularly tickets dimensionally within the preferred range from 1 inch by 2 inches to 2 inches by 5.5 inches and in the thickness range from two mils to 14 mils. The stack of tickets is placed in an in-feed hopper and is engaged by an eccentric bottom feed picker to drive preferably the bottom-most document toward a drive wheel and stripper wheel assembly to permit documents to pass only in single file beyond the stripper device. The documents are fed in single file between cooperating belts until they are picked up by acceleration means which abruptly accelerates the documents to provide a gap therebetween suitable for counting purposes.The documents are driven into a stacker wherein they are stacked in the same order in which they were loaded into the in-feed hopper. A stacker arm provides pressure on the building stack which pressure is continually reduced as the stack increases in height to assure a smooth stacking operation. The stacker back plate is adjustable to accommodate the documents of different lengths. A single drive belt is utilized to feed, drive and convey documents to the acceleration means.The documents may be endorsed by selectively moveable endorsing means arranged to prevent "back printing." A novel split retainer mechanism is utilized to facilitate fast removal and replacement of the endorser, ink roller and the endorser drum, while at the same time providing the capability of retaining and locking these elements in place during use. |
158 |
Bottom sheet feeder using separation belt and retard pad |
US34265373 |
1973-03-19 |
US3895791A |
1975-07-22 |
KRAMELL HANS P; HANSEN RICHARD C |
A sheet separation belt is positioned at the bottom of a stack in a cut-away in the tray carrying the stack. The belt is carried by three rollers. One is located a distance from the edge of the stack. Another is located near the stack edge. A retard pad is biased against the belt between the second and third rollers. An infeed chute abutts or restrains the lead edge of the stack and is sloped to slope the stack. The slope generates a normal component between the stack and belt that enhances the feeding engagement. A blade is employed to clean contaminants from the belt.
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159 |
Flat-article separating apparatus for an automatic mail handling system and the like |
US35405173 |
1973-04-24 |
US3869117A |
1975-03-04 |
YOSHIMURA SHOICHIRO |
A flat-article separating apparatus for an automatic mail handling system uses a feeding device to feed flat articles along an article transport path and means installed on the transport path to exert a braking force on the flat articles being transported along the transport path. The braking force is gradually increased along the transport path to progressively separate the flat articles. When desired, a pair of accelerating pinch rollers at the end of the transport path complete the separation process.
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160 |
Article destacking apparatus |
US3622149D |
1969-10-08 |
US3622149A |
1971-11-23 |
ENSKAT ALBERT G |
Apparatus for destacking a stack of articles for subsequent handling, the apparatus including a displaceable destack arm arranged to intercept the oversized portion of an article stack; a stack support arm spaced upstream of the destack arm, the stack support arm being normally held out of the path of movement of the article stack; and means responding to contact of the oversized stack portion with the destack arm to move the stack support arm into supporting position behind the article stack to support the stack during destacking thereof.
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