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US 10,259,669 B2Granted
Sheet product supplying apparatus
AssigneeTotani Corporation
InventorsKohei Tanaka, Shintaro Kai
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Abstract
A first sheet product 1 is gripped between an additional conveyor 2 and a feeding conveyor 3 at a downstream end of the additional conveyor 2. Subsequently, subsequent sheet products 1 are moved back by the feeding conveyor 3 to be separated from the first sheet product 1. Subsequently, the first sheet product 1 is supplied by the additional conveyor 2.
Claims7
A sheet product supplying apparatus for supplying a plurality of sheet products one by one, the apparatus comprising:
- a feeding conveyor by which the sheet products stacked with each other in a shifted state are fed;
- an additional conveyor disposed on upper side of the feeding conveyor and extending in a feeding direction of the sheet products;
- a sensor by which a front end of the sheet product is detected;
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- a control device connected to the feeding conveyor, the additional conveyor and the sensor to control the feeding conveyor and the additional conveyor based on detection signal from the sensor, the feeding conveyor being stopped by the control device so that a first sheet product is gripped between the additional conveyor and the feeding conveyor at a downstream end of the additional conveyor, the feeding conveyor being subsequently reversed by the control device so that subsequent sheet products are moved back by the feeding conveyor to be separated from the first sheet product, the additional conveyor being subsequently driven by the control device so that the first sheet product is supplied by and downstream of the additional conveyor, the feeding conveyor being subsequently driven by the control device so that the subsequent sheet products are fed by the feeding conveyor.
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