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US 2016/0332261 A1Published application
Cardboard-handling system and method
AssigneeHighcon Systems Ltd.
InventorRainer BUSCHULTE
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Abstract
There is provided a system for handling and creasing cardboard, as well as sub-systems of said system. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Claims23
1-17. (canceled)
A supportive stacker, comprising:
- a conveyor comprising a plurality of openings;
- a dynamic-size holder comprising:
- a plurality of openings at a portion of the dynamic-size holder's surface;
- a vacuum chamber;
- and
- a piston mechanism;
- wherein the conveyor is associated to the dynamic-size holder's surface;
- and wherein the piston mechanism is adjusted along the dynamic-size holder, according to parameters of a cardboard, to reveal at least some of the of the openings at the portion of the dynamic-size holder's surface to a vacuum of the vacuum chamber that will couple the cardboard to at least some of the openings of the conveyor, whereby the cardboard is moved from one place to another.
5 more elements
(canceled)
A cardboard-alignmentor, comprising:
- a plane;
- an alignment bar associated to the plane;
- and
- an alignment conveyor associated to the plane placed in a diagonal-like direction in relation to the alignment bar;
- wherein the alignment conveyor conveys a cardboards toward and along the alignment bar.
2 more elements
A cardboard-handling system comprising:
- a controller;
- a rule-die associated to a first drum and a counter die associated to a second drum;
- a cardboard-alignmentor on a first side of the rule-die and counter-die;
- a synchronized-cardboard transferors;
- and
- a cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor;
- wherein the cardboard-alignmentor aligns and conveys a cardboard together with one or more synchronized-cardboard transferors toward the cardboard-fix-cross-position conveyor that transfers the cardboard toward and through a junction between the rule-die and the counter die to the second side of the rule-die and counter-die, and the controller synchronizes the movement of the cardboard along the cardboard-handling system.
4 more elements
39-43. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.