EP1151945A3 - Device for retaining a stack of products and method for supporting a stack of products - Google Patents

Device for retaining a stack of products and method for supporting a stack of products Download PDF

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EP1151945A3
EP1151945A3 EP01107413A EP01107413A EP1151945A3 EP 1151945 A3 EP1151945 A3 EP 1151945A3 EP 01107413 A EP01107413 A EP 01107413A EP 01107413 A EP01107413 A EP 01107413A EP 1151945 A3 EP1151945 A3 EP 1151945A3
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stack
products
supporting
retaining
retainer
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Russel Alan Bechler
Andrew Lynn Klopfenstein
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Goss International Americas LLC
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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/34—Article-retaining devices controlling the release of the articles to the separators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/56—Elements, e.g. scrapers, fingers, needles, brushes, acting on separated article or on edge of the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/423—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile
    • B65H2301/4232—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles
    • B65H2301/42322—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles from bottom of the pile

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)
  • Pile Receivers (AREA)
  • Spinning Or Twisting Of Yarns (AREA)
  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)

Abstract

The retainer for a stack of paper in a feeder (1) comprises a base (22) and a retaining blade (60) mounted on this. The angle of the blade can be adjusted while the feeder is operating. An Independent claim is included for a method for supporting a stack of paper using the retainer.
EP01107413A 2000-04-28 2001-03-27 Device for retaining a stack of products Expired - Lifetime EP1151945B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US561468 1990-08-01
US09/561,468 US6409164B1 (en) 2000-04-28 2000-04-28 Feeder pile restrictor and method

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EP1151945A2 EP1151945A2 (en) 2001-11-07
EP1151945A3 true EP1151945A3 (en) 2003-07-23
EP1151945B1 EP1151945B1 (en) 2005-09-07

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EP01107413A Expired - Lifetime EP1151945B1 (en) 2000-04-28 2001-03-27 Device for retaining a stack of products

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US (1) US6409164B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1151945B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2001315973A (en)
AT (1) ATE303965T1 (en)
DE (2) DE10114852A1 (en)

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2335064A (en) * 1941-04-29 1943-11-23 Borden Co Sheet feeding apparatus
GB1140495A (en) * 1966-03-25 1969-01-22 Mueller Hans Grapha Masch Apparatus for separating paper sheets
US4364549A (en) * 1980-01-18 1982-12-21 Hauni- Werke Korber & Co. KG Apparatus for feeding cardboard blanks or the like to a magazine
US4456241A (en) * 1982-08-12 1984-06-26 Newsome John R Sucker type card feeder
US5641155A (en) * 1995-06-07 1997-06-24 Roberts Systems, Inc. Compensating prefeeder gate and method

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2251943A (en) 1940-05-15 1941-08-12 Tw & Cb Sheridan Co Signature gathering machine
US5199699A (en) * 1992-03-18 1993-04-06 Videojet Systems International, Inc. Base having anti-vibration means
JPH0592246U (en) * 1992-04-28 1993-12-17 株式会社三協精機製作所 Card feeding device
DE4343146C2 (en) 1993-03-12 2000-02-17 Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag Device for separating paper products, for example signatures and newspapers from a stack by means of a rotatably mounted gripper drum

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2335064A (en) * 1941-04-29 1943-11-23 Borden Co Sheet feeding apparatus
GB1140495A (en) * 1966-03-25 1969-01-22 Mueller Hans Grapha Masch Apparatus for separating paper sheets
US4364549A (en) * 1980-01-18 1982-12-21 Hauni- Werke Korber & Co. KG Apparatus for feeding cardboard blanks or the like to a magazine
US4456241A (en) * 1982-08-12 1984-06-26 Newsome John R Sucker type card feeder
US5641155A (en) * 1995-06-07 1997-06-24 Roberts Systems, Inc. Compensating prefeeder gate and method

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EP1151945A2 (en) 2001-11-07
DE50107328D1 (en) 2005-10-13
EP1151945B1 (en) 2005-09-07
DE10114852A1 (en) 2001-12-06
JP2001315973A (en) 2001-11-13
ATE303965T1 (en) 2005-09-15
US6409164B1 (en) 2002-06-25

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