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US 2013/0146420 A1Published application
Under-shingled article handling and stacking system and method
OwnerRobert Fokosinventor
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Abstract
A device and process for processing flat articles such as pieces of paper by utilizing a stream of under-shingled flat articles and generating a gap at predetermined intervals. The under-shingling process incorporates an accelerating and decelerating portion wherein each flat article is accelerated and then decelerated while a tail portion of the article is lifted such that the next flat article can slide underneath to establish an under-shingled stream.
Claims10
A device for processing flat articles, the device comprising:
- an under-shingling device;
- and
- a gap generation device for generating a gap at varying intervals of the under-shingled steam of flat articles, the gap generation device comprising:
- a first set of pinch belts for moving the a first portion of the under-shingled stream of flat articles at a first speed;
- and
- a second set of pinch belts for moving a second portion of the under-shingled stream of flat articles at a second speed during predetermined intervals, the second speed being greater than the first speed.
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A method of processing a substantially flat article comprising:
- creating an under-shingled stream of flat articles;
- creating gaps at varied determined intervals of the under-shingled stream of flat articles, the gaps comprising a first gap and a second gap;
- placing a first obstacle in the first gap and in front of the under-shingled stream of flat articles;
- accumulating the under-shingled stream of flat articles into a first bottom fed, vertically created stack of flat articles;
- removing the first obstacle at the second gap;
- placing a second obstacle in the second gap and in front of the under-shingled stream of flat articles;
- and
- accumulating the under-shingled stream of flat articles into a second bottom fed, vertically created stack of flat articles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.