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SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING
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1 | | 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) |