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3.01 DELIVERING TO STACK AND FEEDING THEREFROM
3.02 . (1 indent ) Aligning at stack
3.03 . (1 indent ) Intermediate tray
3.04 . (1 indent ) With job divider (e.g., resettable bail bar or double bar separator)
3.05 . (1 indent ) Feeding from bottom of stack
3.06 .. (2 indent ) Control for feeding responsive to delivering
3.07 .. (2 indent ) Pneumatic separating
3.08 . (1 indent ) Feeding from top of stack
3.09 .. (2 indent ) Control for feeding responsive to delivering
3.11 .. (2 indent ) Pneumatic separating
3.12 . (1 indent ) Sheets on edges
3.13 . (1 indent ) With sheet sensor for selective location
3.14 FEEDING AND DELIVERING
3.15 . (1 indent ) Sensor located at the feeder and controls the delivering
3.16 .. (2 indent ) Having timer
3.17 . (1 indent ) Sensor located at the delivering and controls the feeding
3.18 . (1 indent ) Conveyor releases to subsequent conveyor
3.19 .. (2 indent ) With alternate conveying path
3.2 .. (2 indent ) Including conveyor couple
3.21 .. (2 indent ) On peripheral face of drum or belt
3.22 ... (3 indent ) Pneumatic
3.23 .. (2 indent ) Including pneumatic conveyor
3.24 .. (2 indent ) Including gripper couple
4.01 . (1 indent ) Separator and conveyor
5 .. (2 indent ) Pneumatic separator
6 .. (2 indent ) Continuous endless conveyor
4.02 .. (2 indent ) Sensor located at the separator and controls the conveyor
4.03 .. (2 indent ) Sensor located at the conveyor and controls the separator
4.04 .. (2 indent ) Mechanically linked for simultaneous operation
4.05 .. (2 indent ) Endless belt separator
4.06 ... (3 indent ) To endless belt conveyor
4.07 ... (3 indent ) To rotary conveyor
4.08 .. (2 indent ) Rotary separator
4.09 ... (3 indent ) To endless belt conveyor
4.1 ... (3 indent ) To rotary conveyor
4.11 .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating separator
4.12 ... (3 indent ) To rotary conveyor
7 . (1 indent ) Continuous endless conveyors
9.01 . (1 indent ) Multiple supplies
9.02 .. (2 indent ) Sheet feeding from one supply controls feeding from another supply
9.03 ... (3 indent ) Responsive to empty supply
9.04 ... (3 indent ) Alternate feeding
9.05 .. (2 indent ) Supply selection (e.g., sheet color)
9.06 ... (3 indent ) Size selection
9.07 .. (2 indent ) Single separator acts on multiple supplies
9.08 ... (3 indent ) Movably mounted supply
9.09 .. (2 indent ) Including manual supply
9.1 .. (2 indent ) Including continuous web supply
9.11 .. (2 indent ) Superposed supplies
9.12 .. (2 indent ) Juxtaposed supplies
9.13 .. (2 indent ) With convergence to single path
10.01 . (1 indent ) Separator and conveyor
11 .. (2 indent ) Pneumatic separator
12 ... (3 indent ) Endless conveyor
13 .... (4 indent ) Side aligner
14 ... (3 indent ) Reciprocating conveyor
15 ... (3 indent ) Side aligner
16 .. (2 indent ) Buckling separator and endless conveyor
17 ... (3 indent ) Side aligner
10.02 .. (2 indent ) Sensor located at the separator and controls the conveyor
10.03 .. (2 indent ) Sensor located at the conveyor and controls the separator
10.04 .. (2 indent ) Mechanically linked for simultaneous operation
10.05 .. (2 indent ) Selective drive (e.g., number of degree of rotation)
10.06 .. (2 indent ) Endless belt separator
10.07 ... (3 indent ) To endless belt conveyor
10.08 ... (3 indent ) To rotary conveyor
10.09 .. (2 indent ) Rotary separator
10.1 ... (3 indent ) To endless belt conveyor
10.11 ... (3 indent ) To rotary conveyor
10.12 .... (4 indent ) With aligning
10.13 .... (4 indent ) With clutch
10.14 .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating separator
10.15 ... (3 indent ) To endless belt conveyor
10.16 ... (3 indent ) To rotary conveyor
18 . (1 indent ) Separators
18.1 .. (2 indent ) Magnetic or electrostatic
18.2 ... (3 indent ) Cyclicly moving
18.3 .. (2 indent ) Surface-piercing element(s)
19 .. (2 indent ) Buckling
20 ... (3 indent ) Pneumatic
21 ... (3 indent ) Rotary
22 .... (4 indent ) Pack advancer
23 .... (4 indent ) Bottom feed
24 ... (3 indent ) Pack advancer
25 .... (4 indent ) Feeler control
90 .. (2 indent ) Pneumatic
91 ... (3 indent ) Plural, relatively-moving suction members
92 .... (4 indent ) Laterally receding members (e.g., for tautening sheet laterally)
93 .... (4 indent ) Including members for separating and members for forwarding sheet
94 ... (3 indent ) Unidirectionally-moving suction member or surface
95 .... (4 indent ) Having additional movement
96 .... (4 indent ) With means to adjust suction
97 ... (3 indent ) Sheet removal by pressurized gas
98 .... (4 indent ) And suction means
99 ... (3 indent ) Suction member acting on bottom of pack
100 .... (4 indent ) Oscillating member bending margin of bottom sheet
101 .... • (5 indent ) With moving segments supporting remainder of pack
102 .... (4 indent ) Suction member reciprocating perpendicularly to sheet
103 ... (3 indent ) Sheet-moving action of suction member results from engagement with sheet
104 ... (3 indent ) With means to restrain feed of next sheet
105 ... (3 indent ) Means effecting preliminary operation on sheets in pack
106 .... (4 indent ) Suction member flexing sheet or portion
107 ... (3 indent ) Oscillating suction member
108 ... (3 indent ) Controlled by valve means
30.1 ... (3 indent ) Pack advancer
31 .... (4 indent ) Feeler control
31.1 .... (4 indent ) Stack on edge
33 .. (2 indent ) Adhesive
34 .. (2 indent ) Endless belt
35 ... (3 indent ) Bottom feed
109 .. (2 indent ) Rotary
37 ... (3 indent ) Preliminary protrusion
38 .... (4 indent ) Feeler control
110 ... (3 indent ) Control of separator responsive to sensing of sheet
111 .... (4 indent ) Including plural separators or plural sensors
112 ... (3 indent ) Suction assisted
113 ... (3 indent ) Separator rotating in plane of foremost sheet
114 ... (3 indent ) Variably or intermittently driven
115 .... (4 indent ) In oscillatory movement
116 .... (4 indent ) By over-running one-way drive
117 ... (3 indent ) Separator adjustable or retractable relative to pack
118 .... (4 indent ) Feed by successive approach and retraction
119 ... (3 indent ) Separator having non-uniform periphery
120 .... (4 indent ) Including relatively movable elements
121 ... (3 indent ) With means to restrain feed of next sheet
122 .... (4 indent ) By restrainer having rearwardly moving surface
123 .... (4 indent ) By restrainer acting on rear end of sheet
124 .... (4 indent ) By adjustable restrainer
125 .... • (5 indent ) Including restraining roller
126 ... (3 indent ) With means to urge pack toward separator
127 .... (4 indent ) Including pivoted pack holder
42 .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating
128 ... (3 indent ) With pack advancer
129 .... (4 indent ) With sheet on edge
130 .... (4 indent ) And feeler control for advancer
131 ... (3 indent ) Bottom feed
132 .... (4 indent ) Suction assisted
133 .... (4 indent ) With means to prepare pack or bottom sheet for feeding
134 .... • (5 indent ) By relief of pack weight
135 .... • (5 indent ) By partial planar movement of bottom sheet
136 .... (4 indent ) With means to skip or stop feed
137 .... (4 indent ) With means to restrain feed of next sheet
138 .... • (5 indent ) By adjustable exit or throat
139 .... (4 indent ) By pusher reciprocating variably or non-rectilinearly
140 .... • (5 indent ) Orbital (e.g., four-way) motion of pusher
141 .... (4 indent ) By pin (e.g., pointed) pusher
142 .... (4 indent ) By adjustable (e.g., for sheet thickness) pusher
143 .... (4 indent ) By self-aligning (e.g., yieldable) pushers
144 .... (4 indent ) Holder adjustable to size of sheet
225 . (1 indent ) By means to change direction of sheet travel
226 . (1 indent ) With means to align sheet
227 .. (2 indent ) Responsive to sheet-sensor
228 ... (3 indent ) To control gripper-couple moving sheet to alignment
229 .. (2 indent ) With means to retard sheet before alignment
230 ... (3 indent ) By member moved with sheet
231 .... (4 indent ) Including suction retarder
232 .. (2 indent ) Against aligner entering hole in sheet
233 .. (2 indent ) Against rear-edge aligner
234 .. (2 indent ) Against plural aligning assemblages
235 ... (3 indent ) For incremental travel against successive front-edge aligners
236 ... (3 indent ) For front and side alignment of sheet
237 .... (4 indent ) Alignment of imbricated sheets
238 .... (4 indent ) Including oppositely-disposed side-edge aligners
239 ... (3 indent ) Plural aligners selectively used
240 ... (3 indent ) Oppositely-disposed side-edge aligners
241 .. (2 indent ) By aligning a sheet-holder and its sheets
242 .. (2 indent ) Against temporarily-stopped conveyer
243 .. (2 indent ) Against front-edge aligner moved in direction of sheet travel
244 ... (3 indent ) By retro-moving front-edge aligner
245 .. (2 indent ) Against front-edge aligner interposed into sheet path
246 ... (3 indent ) Synchronized with intermittently-active conveyor-couple
247 .... (4 indent ) Including sheet-margin gripper
248 .. (2 indent ) Against aligner adjacent side edge of sheet
249 ... (3 indent ) By shifting aligner and gripper-couple laterally of sheet travel
250 ... (3 indent ) By means to shift sheet laterally against aligner
251 .... (4 indent ) By oblique conveyor
252 .... (4 indent ) By gripper-couple pulling sheet laterally
253 .. (2 indent ) With means to adjust position of aligner
254 ... (3 indent ) During operation of feeder
255 ... (3 indent ) With indicator of aligner position
256 . (1 indent ) With means to interrupt feeding
258.01 .. (2 indent ) Responsive to sheet sensor
259 ... (3 indent ) Plural sensors
260 .... (4 indent ) Pneumatic sensors (e.g., to sense superposed sheets)
261 .... (4 indent ) Laterally spaced sensors (e.g., to sense misalignment)
262 ... (3 indent ) Excess-thickness sensor
263 .... (4 indent ) To activate an electric circuit
258.02 ... (3 indent ) Interrupts feeding upstream only
258.03 ... (3 indent ) Single sensor with timer
258.04 ... (3 indent ) Sensor operates warning indicator
258.05 ... (3 indent ) Mechanical linkage
257 .. (2 indent ) Manually controlled (e.g., for alternate-cycle feed)
264 . (1 indent ) By means to convey sheet (e.g., from pack to operation)
265.01 .. (2 indent ) Responsive to sheet sensor
265.02 ... (3 indent ) Plural sensors
265.03 .... (4 indent ) Laterally spaced sensors
265.04 ... (3 indent ) Thickness sensor
266 .. (2 indent ) With intermittent movement of the sheet
267 .. (2 indent ) On oscillating or reciprocating conveyor
268 ... (3 indent ) Including gripper-couple
269 ... (3 indent ) Including rear-edge pusher
270 .. (2 indent ) With means to vary speed of conveyor sheet
271 .. (2 indent ) By rear-edge pusher
272 .. (2 indent ) Between superposed conveyor couple
273 ... (3 indent ) Having means to permit separation of couple
274 .... (4 indent ) Including couple-elements resiliently urged together
275 .. (2 indent ) On peripheral face of drum or belt
276 ... (3 indent ) Including pneumatic means
277 ... (3 indent ) Including gripper-couple
145 . (1 indent ) Pack holders
146 .. (2 indent ) With means to vibrate pack
147 .. (2 indent ) Advancer
148 ... (3 indent ) With means to move portions of advancer unequally (e.g., for unequal-thickness sheets)
149 ... (3 indent ) For on-edge or imbricated sheets
150 .... (4 indent ) Supported by moving conveyor belt
151 .... • (5 indent ) For imbricated sheets
152 ... (3 indent ) Control of advancer responsive to sensing of foremost sheet
153 .... (4 indent ) Sensor included in feed mechanism
154 .... (4 indent ) Sensor activates electric or fluidic circuit
155 .... • (5 indent ) Controlled electric or fluidic motor actuates advancer
156 .... (4 indent ) Controlled pawl and ratchet actuates advancer
157 ... (3 indent ) With means to replenish pack or retract advancer platform
158 .... (4 indent ) Using plural platforms during continuous operation of feeder
159 .... • (5 indent ) And plural drives for plural platforms
160 ... (3 indent ) Urged by spring or weight
161 .. (2 indent ) With means to bow sheets
162 .. (2 indent ) Holder movable relative to feed position
163 ... (3 indent ) Holder convertible from feed to delivery
164 ... (3 indent ) Holder moved parallel to plane of sheets
165 .. (2 indent ) For feed from bottom of pack
166 ... (3 indent ) With means to relieve weight of pack
167 .. (2 indent ) With means to restrain feed of next sheet
168 ... (3 indent ) By sheet-impaling restrainer
169 ... (3 indent ) By lateral margin or side-edge restrainer
170 .... (4 indent ) Corner snubber
171 .. (2 indent ) Holder adjustable to size of sheet
279 . (1 indent ) Multiple discharge
280 .. (2 indent ) For separating sheet from moving assemblage of sheets
281 ... (3 indent ) By separating member moving in direction opposite of assemblage
282 ... (3 indent ) By sheet attracting means
283 .... (4 indent ) Pneumatic attracting means
284 .... • (5 indent ) Opposed pneumatic attracting means
285 ... (3 indent ) With leading edges of sheets offset
286 .... (4 indent ) With means to cause offset
287 .. (2 indent ) Of successive sheets to plural receivers in succession
288 ... (3 indent ) With control means to vary mode of operation
289 .... (4 indent ) To bypass array of receivers
290 .... • (5 indent ) To route sheets to subsequent array of receivers
291 ... (3 indent ) With selective actuation of means for inverting duplex sheets
292 ... (3 indent ) With movable receivers or receiver portions
293 .... (4 indent ) With means to increase spacing between receiver defining portions
294 .... (4 indent ) Receivers moving into registry with delivery zone
295 .... • (5 indent ) Receivers arranged in rotary array
296 ... (3 indent ) By diverter or conveyor moving past receivers
297 ... (3 indent ) By individual diverter for each receiver
298 .. (2 indent ) With means to program discharge destination
299 .. (2 indent ) To laterally spaced receivers
300 .. (2 indent ) By release from conveyor at plural locations
301 .. (2 indent ) Selectively to recirculating path or exit
302 .. (2 indent ) By conveyor section movable to direct sheets along alternate paths
303 .. (2 indent ) With movable diverter
304 ... (3 indent ) Bidirectionally rotating diverter roller
305 ... (3 indent ) Individual diverter for each receiver
65 . (1 indent ) Optional face or back
66 .. (2 indent ) Endless conveyors to flies
67 . (1 indent ) Endless conveyors to curtains
69 . (1 indent ) Endless conveyors to other conveyors
70 .. (2 indent ) To flies
72 . (1 indent ) Rotary conveyors to flies
73 . (1 indent ) Curtains
306 . (1 indent ) With transfer means between conveyor and receiver
307 .. (2 indent ) Means to strip sheets from engagement with moving conveyor
308 ... (3 indent ) Stripper cyclically movable between stripping and nonstripping position
309 ... (3 indent ) By air blast
310 ... (3 indent ) By means to attract sheet from conveyor
311 ... (3 indent ) Stripper normally in contact with conveyor surface
312 ... (3 indent ) Stripper normally in spaced relation to conveyor surface
313 .... (4 indent ) With means to maintain constant spacing of movable stripper
175 .. (2 indent ) Means to drape sheets over horizontal bar
176 .. (2 indent ) Responsive to delivered sheet
177 .. (2 indent ) Means to push sheets out of edgewise into broadside movement (e.g., packer)
178 ... (3 indent ) Rotating packer
179 .... (4 indent ) Screw or helix
180 ... (3 indent ) By reciprocating or oscillating packer
181 .... (4 indent ) Packing sheets on-edge into receiver
182 .. (2 indent ) Means to retard sheets
183 ... (3 indent ) By suction retarder
184 .. (2 indent ) Means to change orientation or direction of sheets during delivery
185 ... (3 indent ) Orientation-changing means
186 .... (4 indent ) Sheet inverting means
187 .... (4 indent ) By rotating circumferential-pocket members
188 .. (2 indent ) Means to bow sheets during delivery
189 .. (2 indent ) Means temporarily interposed between conveyor and receiver
190 ... (3 indent ) Transversely-disposed, gapped sheet-supports on endless carrier
191 ... (3 indent ) Endless belt on reciprocating carrier
192 ... (3 indent ) Counter-rotating supports for lateral margins
193 . (1 indent ) By electrostatic or magnetic conveyor
194 . (1 indent ) By pneumatic conveyor
195 .. (2 indent ) Using pressurized gas
196 .. (2 indent ) Unidirectionally-moving suction member or surface
197 ... (3 indent ) Including endless-belt conveyor and suction chamber
198 . (1 indent ) By endless conveyor
199 .. (2 indent ) Operation controlled by delivered sheet
200 .. (2 indent ) With delivery end movably relative to pack receiver
201 ... (3 indent ) Moving away from increasing delivered pack
202 .. (2 indent ) With means to vary speed of sheets on conveyor(s)
203 ... (3 indent ) By cyclicly varying conveyor speed
204 .. (2 indent ) Suspension gripper
205 ... (3 indent ) For lateral margins of conveyed sheet
206 ... (3 indent ) With means to adjust gripper
314 . (1 indent ) Rotary conveyor
315 .. (2 indent ) With circumferential pocket members
81 .. (2 indent ) Traveling
82 .. (2 indent ) Suspension gripper
84 . (1 indent ) Reciprocating conveyors
85 .. (2 indent ) Suspension gripper
207 . (1 indent ) To receiver for pack of sheets
208 .. (2 indent ) With means to discharge static electricity
209 .. (2 indent ) With means to bow sheets
210 .. (2 indent ) With means to vibrate receiver
211 .. (2 indent ) With air cushion between sheet and pack
212 .. (2 indent ) For receiving sheets from below the pack
213 .. (2 indent ) With movable sheet-surface support
214 ... (3 indent ) Receding from delivery zone (e.g., retractor)
215 .... (4 indent ) Responsive to increase
216 .... (4 indent ) Conveyor-receiver for imbricated sheets
217 .... (4 indent ) Lowering as pack-height increases
218 .... • (5 indent ) With auxiliary support for part of pile
219 .... • (5 indent ) Spring-loaded support
220 .. (2 indent ) With movable pack-limiting member(s) (e.g., hold-down)
221 ... (3 indent ) And means to move members cyclicly against sheet edges (e.g., jogger)
222 .... (4 indent ) And yieldable connection in moving means
223 ... (3 indent ) Members adjustable to sheet size
224 .... (4 indent ) Sheet-impact bumper member
902 REVERSE DIRECTION OF SHEET MOVEMENT
903 TRAVELING WICKET (FOR STACK ON EDGE)
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