Matched velocity transfer apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer
AssigneeGoss International Americas, Inc.
InventorsKevin Lauren Cote, Richard Daniel Curley, Benedict Sammuel Raffaele
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Abstract
A transfer apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer includes a transfer element configured to grip the sheet material article and move the sheet material article in a transfer direction onto a side table of the sheet material article trimmer. A driver is provided, the driver being configured to move the transfer element at the same speed as the side table during period of time when the sheet material article is gripped by the transfer element and the side table is moving in the transfer direction.
Claims20
A method for transferring a sheet material article in a sheet material article trimmer, the method comprising:
- gripping the sheet material article with a transfer element and moving the sheet material article in a transfer direction onto a side table of the sheet material article trimmer using the transfer element;
- and
- moving the transfer element at a same speed as a side table of the sheet material article trimmer using a driver during a first time period when the sheet material article is gripped by the transfer element and the side table is moving in the transfer direction, the moving speed of both the transfer element side table and the side table varying during the first time period, the transfer element continuously moving the sheet material article in the transfer direction during the first time period.
A method for transporting sheet material articles in a trimmer comprising:
- gripping a sheet material article with a transfer element after the sheet material article is front-trimmed on a front table;
- moving the sheet material article at the same speed as the front table with the transfer element;
- moving the sheet material article away from the front table onto a side table with the transfer element;
- moving the sheet material article with the transfer element at the same speed as the side table while the sheet material article is on the side table;
- and
- moving the sheet material article off of the side table and releasing the sheet material article from the transfer element after the sheet material articles is moved off of the side table.
A method for transporting sheet material articles in a trimmer comprising:
- transporting and gripping a sheet material article before, during and after trimming of the sheet material article, the transporting including:
- a) moving the sheet material article onto a trimming table;
- b) moving the sheet material article at the same speed as the trimming table while the sheet material article is on the trimming table;
- and
- c) moving the sheet material article away from the trimming table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.