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SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING
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| 1 | ![[Patents]](../gifs/ps.gif) | SPECIAL ARTICLES |
| 2 | | . Envelope |
| 3.01 | | DELIVERING TO STACK AND FEEDING THEREFROM |
| 3.02 | | . Aligning at stack |
| 3.03 | | . Intermediate tray |
| 3.04 | | . With job divider (e.g., resettable bail bar or double bar separator) |
| 3.05 | | . Feeding from bottom of stack |
| 3.06 | | . . Control for feeding responsive to delivering |
| 3.07 | | . . Pneumatic separating |
| 3.08 | | . Feeding from top of stack |
| 3.09 | | . . Control for feeding responsive to delivering |
| 3.11 | | . . Pneumatic separating |
| 3.12 | | . Sheets on edges |
| 3.13 | | . With sheet sensor for selective location |
| 3.14 | | FEEDING AND DELIVERING |
| 3.15 | | . Sensor located at the feeder and controls the delivering |
| 3.16 | | . . Having timer |
| 3.17 | | . Sensor located at the delivering and controls the feeding |
| 3.18 | | . Conveyor releases to subsequent conveyor |
| 3.19 | | . . With alternate conveying path |
| 3.2 | | . . Including conveyor couple |
| 3.21 | | . . On peripheral face of drum or belt |
| 3.22 | | . . . Pneumatic |
| 3.23 | | . . Including pneumatic conveyor |
| 3.24 | | . . Including gripper couple |
| 4.01 | | . Separator and conveyor |
| 5 | | . . Pneumatic separator |
| 6 | | . . Continuous endless conveyor |
| 4.02 | | . . Sensor located at the separator and controls the conveyor |
| 4.03 | | . . Sensor located at the conveyor and controls the separator |
| 4.04 | | . . Mechanically linked for simultaneous operation |
| 4.05 | | . . Endless belt separator |
| 4.06 | | . . . To endless belt conveyor |
| 4.07 | | . . . To rotary conveyor |
| 4.08 | | . . Rotary separator |
| 4.09 | | . . . To endless belt conveyor |
| 4.1 | | . . . To rotary conveyor |
| 4.11 | | . . Reciprocating separator |
| 4.12 | | . . . To rotary conveyor |
| 7 | | . Continuous endless conveyors |
| 8.1 | | FEEDING |
| 9.01 | | . Multiple supplies |
| 9.02 | | . . Sheet feeding from one supply controls feeding from another supply |
| 9.03 | | . . . Responsive to empty supply |
| 9.04 | | . . . Alternate feeding |
| 9.05 | | . . Supply selection (e.g., sheet color) |
| 9.06 | | . . . Size selection |
| 9.07 | | . . Single separator acts on multiple supplies |
| 9.08 | | . . . Movably mounted supply |
| 9.09 | | . . Including manual supply |
| 9.1 | | . . Including continuous web supply |
| 9.11 | | . . Superposed supplies |
| 9.12 | | . . Juxtaposed supplies |
| 9.13 | | . . With convergence to single path |
| 10.01 | | . Separator and conveyor |
| 11 | | . . Pneumatic separator |
| 12 | | . . . Endless conveyor |
| 13 | | . . . . Side aligner |
| 14 | | . . . Reciprocating conveyor |
| 15 | | . . . Side aligner |
| 16 | | . . Buckling separator and endless conveyor |
| 17 | | . . . Side aligner |
| 10.02 | | . . Sensor located at the separator and controls the conveyor |
| 10.03 | | . . Sensor located at the conveyor and controls the separator |
| 10.04 | | . . Mechanically linked for simultaneous operation |
| 10.05 | | . . Selective drive (e.g., number of degree of rotation) |
| 10.06 | | . . Endless belt separator |
| 10.07 | | . . . To endless belt conveyor |
| 10.08 | | . . . To rotary conveyor |
| 10.09 | | . . Rotary separator |
| 10.1 | | . . . To endless belt conveyor |
| 10.11 | | . . . To rotary conveyor |
| 10.12 | | . . . . With aligning |
| 10.13 | | . . . . With clutch |
| 10.14 | | . . Reciprocating separator |
| 10.15 | | . . . To endless belt conveyor |
| 10.16 | | . . . To rotary conveyor |
| 18 | | . Separators |
| 18.1 | | . . Magnetic or electrostatic |
| 18.2 | | . . . Cyclicly moving |
| 18.3 | | . . Surface-piercing element(s) |
| 19 | | . . Buckling |
| 20 | | . . . Pneumatic |
| 21 | | . . . Rotary |
| 22 | | . . . . Pack advancer |
| 23 | | . . . . Bottom feed |
| 24 | | . . . Pack advancer |
| 25 | | . . . . Feeler control |
| 90 | | . . Pneumatic |
| 91 | | . . . Plural, relatively-moving suction members |
| 92 | | . . . . Laterally receding members (e.g., for tautening sheet laterally) |
| 93 | | . . . . Including members for separating and members for forwarding sheet |
| 94 | | . . . Unidirectionally-moving suction member or surface |
| 95 | | . . . . Having additional movement |
| 96 | | . . . . With means to adjust suction |
| 97 | | . . . Sheet removal by pressurized gas |
| 98 | | . . . . And suction means |
| 99 | | . . . Suction member acting on bottom of pack |
| 100 | | . . . . Oscillating member bending margin of bottom sheet |
| 101 | | . . . . . With moving segments supporting remainder of pack |
| 102 | | . . . . Suction member reciprocating perpendicularly to sheet |
| 103 | | . . . Sheet-moving action of suction member results from engagement with sheet |
| 104 | | . . . With means to restrain feed of next sheet |
| 105 | | . . . Means effecting preliminary operation on sheets in pack |
| 106 | | . . . . Suction member flexing sheet or portion |
| 107 | | . . . Oscillating suction member |
| 108 | | . . . Controlled by valve means |
| 30.1 | | . . . Pack advancer |
| 31 | | . . . . Feeler control |
| 31.1 | | . . . . Stack on edge |
| 33 | | . . Adhesive |
| 34 | | . . Endless belt |
| 35 | | . . . Bottom feed |
| 109 | | . . Rotary |
| 37 | | . . . Preliminary protrusion |
| 38 | | . . . . Feeler control |
| 110 | | . . . Control of separator responsive to sensing of sheet |
| 111 | | . . . . Including plural separators or plural sensors |
| 112 | | . . . Suction assisted |
| 113 | | . . . Separator rotating in plane of foremost sheet |
| 114 | | . . . Variably or intermittently driven |
| 115 | | . . . . In oscillatory movement |
| 116 | | . . . . By over-running one-way drive |
| 117 | | . . . Separator adjustable or retractable relative to pack |
| 118 | | . . . . Feed by successive approach and retraction |
| 119 | | . . . Separator having non-uniform periphery |
| 120 | | . . . . Including relatively movable elements |
| 121 | | . . . With means to restrain feed of next sheet |
| 122 | | . . . . By restrainer having rearwardly moving surface |
| 123 | | . . . . By restrainer acting on rear end of sheet |
| 124 | | . . . . By adjustable restrainer |
| 125 | | . . . . . Including restraining roller |
| 126 | | . . . With means to urge pack toward separator |
| 127 | | . . . . Including pivoted pack holder |
| 42 | | . . Reciprocating |
| 128 | | . . . With pack advancer |
| 129 | | . . . . With sheet on edge |
| 130 | | . . . . And feeler control for advancer |
| 131 | | . . . Bottom feed |
| 132 | | . . . . Suction assisted |
| 133 | | . . . . With means to prepare pack or bottom sheet for feeding |
| 134 | | . . . . . By relief of pack weight |
| 135 | | . . . . . By partial planar movement of bottom sheet |
| 136 | | . . . . With means to skip or stop feed |
| 137 | | . . . . With means to restrain feed of next sheet |
| 138 | | . . . . . By adjustable exit or throat |
| 139 | | . . . . By pusher reciprocating variably or non-rectilinearly |
| 140 | | . . . . . Orbital (e.g., four-way) motion of pusher |
| 141 | | . . . . By pin (e.g., pointed) pusher |
| 142 | | . . . . By adjustable (e.g., for sheet thickness) pusher |
| 143 | | . . . . By self-aligning (e.g., yieldable) pushers |
| 144 | | . . . . Holder adjustable to size of sheet |
| 225 | | . By means to change direction of sheet travel |
| 226 | | . With means to align sheet |
| 227 | | . . Responsive to sheet-sensor |
| 228 | | . . . To control gripper-couple moving sheet to alignment |
| 229 | | . . With means to retard sheet before alignment |
| 230 | | . . . By member moved with sheet |
| 231 | | . . . . Including suction retarder |
| 232 | | . . Against aligner entering hole in sheet |
| 233 | | . . Against rear-edge aligner |
| 234 | | . . Against plural aligning assemblages |
| 235 | | . . . For incremental travel against successive front-edge aligners |
| 236 | | . . . For front and side alignment of sheet |
| 237 | | . . . . Alignment of imbricated sheets |
| 238 | | . . . . Including oppositely-disposed side-edge aligners |
| 239 | | . . . Plural aligners selectively used |
| 240 | | . . . Oppositely-disposed side-edge aligners |
| 241 | | . . By aligning a sheet-holder and its sheets |
| 242 | | . . Against temporarily-stopped conveyer |
| 243 | | . . Against front-edge aligner moved in direction of sheet travel |
| 244 | | . . . By retro-moving front-edge aligner |
| 245 | | . . Against front-edge aligner interposed into sheet path |
| 246 | | . . . Synchronized with intermittently-active conveyor-couple |
| 247 | | . . . . Including sheet-margin gripper |
| 248 | | . . Against aligner adjacent side edge of sheet |
| 249 | | . . . By shifting aligner and gripper-couple laterally of sheet travel |
| 250 | | . . . By means to shift sheet laterally against aligner |
| 251 | | . . . . By oblique conveyor |
| 252 | | . . . . By gripper-couple pulling sheet laterally |
| 253 | | . . With means to adjust position of aligner |
| 254 | | . . . During operation of feeder |
| 255 | | . . . With indicator of aligner position |
| 256 | | . With means to interrupt feeding |
| 258.01 | | . . Responsive to sheet sensor |
| 259 | | . . . Plural sensors |
| 260 | | . . . . Pneumatic sensors (e.g., to sense superposed sheets) |
| 261 | | . . . . Laterally spaced sensors (e.g., to sense misalignment) |
| 262 | | . . . Excess-thickness sensor |
| 263 | | . . . . To activate an electric circuit |
| 258.02 | | . . . Interrupts feeding upstream only |
| 258.03 | | . . . Single sensor with timer |
| 258.04 | | . . . Sensor operates warning indicator |
| 258.05 | | . . . Mechanical linkage |
| 257 | | . . Manually controlled (e.g., for alternate-cycle feed) |
| 264 | | . By means to convey sheet (e.g., from pack to operation) |
| 265.01 | | . . Responsive to sheet sensor |
| 265.02 | | . . . Plural sensors |
| 265.03 | | . . . . Laterally spaced sensors |
| 265.04 | | . . . Thickness sensor |
| 266 | | . . With intermittent movement of the sheet |
| 267 | | . . On oscillating or reciprocating conveyor |
| 268 | | . . . Including gripper-couple |
| 269 | | . . . Including rear-edge pusher |
| 270 | | . . With means to vary speed of conveyor sheet |
| 271 | | . . By rear-edge pusher |
| 272 | | . . Between superposed conveyor couple |
| 273 | | . . . Having means to permit separation of couple |
| 274 | | . . . . Including couple-elements resiliently urged together |
| 275 | | . . On peripheral face of drum or belt |
| 276 | | . . . Including pneumatic means |
| 277 | | . . . Including gripper-couple |
| 145 | | . Pack holders |
| 146 | | . . With means to vibrate pack |
| 147 | | . . Advancer |
| 148 | | . . . With means to move portions of advancer unequally (e.g., for unequal-thickness sheets) |
| 149 | | . . . For on-edge or imbricated sheets |
| 150 | | . . . . Supported by moving conveyor belt |
| 151 | | . . . . . For imbricated sheets |
| 152 | | . . . Control of advancer responsive to sensing of foremost sheet |
| 153 | | . . . . Sensor included in feed mechanism |
| 154 | | . . . . Sensor activates electric or fluidic circuit |
| 155 | | . . . . . Controlled electric or fluidic motor actuates advancer |
| 156 | | . . . . Controlled pawl and ratchet actuates advancer |
| 157 | | . . . With means to replenish pack or retract advancer platform |
| 158 | | . . . . Using plural platforms during continuous operation of feeder |
| 159 | | . . . . . And plural drives for plural platforms |
| 160 | | . . . Urged by spring or weight |
| 161 | | . . With means to bow sheets |
| 162 | | . . Holder movable relative to feed position |
| 163 | | . . . Holder convertible from feed to delivery |
| 164 | | . . . Holder moved parallel to plane of sheets |
| 165 | | . . For feed from bottom of pack |
| 166 | | . . . With means to relieve weight of pack |
| 167 | | . . With means to restrain feed of next sheet |
| 168 | | . . . By sheet-impaling restrainer |
| 169 | | . . . By lateral margin or side-edge restrainer |
| 170 | | . . . . Corner snubber |
| 171 | | . . Holder adjustable to size of sheet |
| 278 | | DELIVERING |
| 279 | | . Multiple discharge |
| 280 | | . . For separating sheet from moving assemblage of sheets |
| 281 | | . . . By separating member moving in direction opposite of assemblage |
| 282 | | . . . By sheet attracting means |
| 283 | | . . . . Pneumatic attracting means |
| 284 | | . . . . . Opposed pneumatic attracting means |
| 285 | | . . . With leading edges of sheets offset |
| 286 | | . . . . With means to cause offset |
| 287 | | . . Of successive sheets to plural receivers in succession |
| 288 | | . . . With control means to vary mode of operation |
| 289 | | . . . . To bypass array of receivers |
| 290 | | . . . . . To route sheets to subsequent array of receivers |
| 291 | | . . . With selective actuation of means for inverting duplex sheets |
| 292 | | . . . With movable receivers or receiver portions |
| 293 | | . . . . With means to increase spacing between receiver defining portions |
| 294 | | . . . . Receivers moving into registry with delivery zone |
| 295 | | . . . . . Receivers arranged in rotary array |
| 296 | | . . . By diverter or conveyor moving past receivers |
| 297 | | . . . By individual diverter for each receiver |
| 298 | | . . With means to program discharge destination |
| 299 | | . . To laterally spaced receivers |
| 300 | | . . By release from conveyor at plural locations |
| 301 | | . . Selectively to recirculating path or exit |
| 302 | | . . By conveyor section movable to direct sheets along alternate paths |
| 303 | | . . With movable diverter |
| 304 | | . . . Bidirectionally rotating diverter roller |
| 305 | | . . . Individual diverter for each receiver |
| 65 | | . Optional face or back |
| 66 | | . . Endless conveyors to flies |
| 67 | | . Endless conveyors to curtains |
| 69 | | . Endless conveyors to other conveyors |
| 70 | | . . To flies |
| 72 | | . Rotary conveyors to flies |
| 73 | | . Curtains |
| 306 | | . With transfer means between conveyor and receiver |
| 307 | | . . Means to strip sheets from engagement with moving conveyor |
| 308 | | . . . Stripper cyclically movable between stripping and nonstripping position |
| 309 | | . . . By air blast |
| 310 | | . . . By means to attract sheet from conveyor |
| 311 | | . . . Stripper normally in contact with conveyor surface |
| 312 | | . . . Stripper normally in spaced relation to conveyor surface |
| 313 | | . . . . With means to maintain constant spacing of movable stripper |
| 175 | | . . Means to drape sheets over horizontal bar |
| 176 | | . . Responsive to delivered sheet |
| 177 | | . . Means to push sheets out of edgewise into broadside movement (e.g., packer) |
| 178 | | . . . Rotating packer |
| 179 | | . . . . Screw or helix |
| 180 | | . . . By reciprocating or oscillating packer |
| 181 | | . . . . Packing sheets on-edge into receiver |
| 182 | | . . Means to retard sheets |
| 183 | | . . . By suction retarder |
| 184 | | . . Means to change orientation or direction of sheets during delivery |
| 185 | | . . . Orientation-changing means |
| 186 | | . . . . Sheet inverting means |
| 187 | | . . . . By rotating circumferential-pocket members |
| 188 | | . . Means to bow sheets during delivery |
| 189 | | . . Means temporarily interposed between conveyor and receiver |
| 190 | | . . . Transversely-disposed, gapped sheet-supports on endless carrier |
| 191 | | . . . Endless belt on reciprocating carrier |
| 192 | | . . . Counter-rotating supports for lateral margins |
| 193 | | . By electrostatic or magnetic conveyor |
| 194 | | . By pneumatic conveyor |
| 195 | | . . Using pressurized gas |
| 196 | | . . Unidirectionally-moving suction member or surface |
| 197 | | . . . Including endless-belt conveyor and suction chamber |
| 198 | | . By endless conveyor |
| 199 | | . . Operation controlled by delivered sheet |
| 200 | | . . With delivery end movably relative to pack receiver |
| 201 | | . . . Moving away from increasing delivered pack |
| 202 | | . . With means to vary speed of sheets on conveyor(s) |
| 203 | | . . . By cyclicly varying conveyor speed |
| 204 | | . . Suspension gripper |
| 205 | | . . . For lateral margins of conveyed sheet |
| 206 | | . . . With means to adjust gripper |
| 314 | | . Rotary conveyor |
| 315 | | . . With circumferential pocket members |
| 81 | | . . Traveling |
| 82 | | . . Suspension gripper |
| 83 | | . . Flies |
| 84 | | . Reciprocating conveyors |
| 85 | | . . Suspension gripper |
| 207 | | . To receiver for pack of sheets |
| 208 | | . . With means to discharge static electricity |
| 209 | | . . With means to bow sheets |
| 210 | | . . With means to vibrate receiver |
| 211 | | . . With air cushion between sheet and pack |
| 212 | | . . For receiving sheets from below the pack |
| 213 | | . . With movable sheet-surface support |
| 214 | | . . . Receding from delivery zone (e.g., retractor) |
| 215 | | . . . . Responsive to increase |
| 216 | | . . . . Conveyor-receiver for imbricated sheets |
| 217 | | . . . . Lowering as pack-height increases |
| 218 | | . . . . . With auxiliary support for part of pile |
| 219 | | . . . . . Spring-loaded support |
| 220 | | . . With movable pack-limiting member(s) (e.g., hold-down) |
| 221 | | . . . And means to move members cyclicly against sheet edges (e.g., jogger) |
| 222 | | . . . . And yieldable connection in moving means |
| 223 | | . . . Members adjustable to sheet size |
| 224 | | . . . . Sheet-impact bumper member |
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| | | CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS |
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| 900 | | STRIPPER |
| 901 | | MAGNETIC OPERATION |
| 902 | | REVERSE DIRECTION OF SHEET MOVEMENT |
| 903 | | TRAVELING WICKET (FOR STACK ON EDGE) |
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