US 11,807,484 B2
Cover member for a storing means for stacked flat elements
Florian Reger, Pfreimd (DE); and Vitus Schönberger, Fensterbach (DE)
Assigned to Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH, Regensburg (DE)
Filed by Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH, Regensburg (DE)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/203,331.
Claims priority of application No. 20163477 (EP), filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0292117 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B65H 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 3/0816 (2013.01) [B65H 2405/115 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover member adapted for being installed on a top side of a storing means for storing a stack of multiple flat elements having a predefined size,
the cover member comprising a first opening having a rim portion, wherein the first opening is adapted to be associated with at least one gripping unit, so that the gripping unit is able to access the storing means for gripping and removing a flat element through the first opening, when the cover member is installed on the top side of the storing means,
wherein the first opening is sized so that a gripped flat element abuts the rim portion when being removed through the first opening from the storing means, so as to bend and be separated from an underlying flat element,
wherein the rim portion comprises a rounded edge that is adapted to abut the gripped flat element, wherein the rounded edge is optionally formed on a protector element that forms the rim portion of the first opening at least partially, and
wherein the cover member further comprises second and/or third openings adapted to be associated with a second gripping unit, so that the second gripping unit can access the storing means through the second and/or third openings, when the cover member is installed on the top side of the storing means.