US 2017/0174462 A1 · STACKING APPARATUS

Stacking apparatus

AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.

InventorsYousuke EDO, Yasufumi TAKAHASHI, Yasuo NIIKURA, Satoru TAKANO, Hidehiko FUJIWARA, Takeshi AKAI, Yasunori HINO, Tadashi MATSUOKA, Atsunori YOSHIDA, Ryo KANNO, Hikaru FUKASAWA, Hiroshi KOMURO, Masaru YAMAGISHI, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Satoshi AIZAWA, Kenji ISHII

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Abstract

A stacking apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a stacking unit, and a separation member supply unit. The conveyance unit conveys sheets for circuit board. The stacking unit stacks the sheets. The separation member supply unit supplies a separation member to separate the stacked sheets at any position. The separation member supply unit places the separation member on the sheet in being conveyed.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A stacking apparatus comprising:

a conveyance unit that conveys sheets for circuit board;
a stacking unit that stacks the sheets for circuit board;
and
a separation member supply unit that supplies a separation member to separate the stacked sheets at any position, wherein
the separation member supply unit places the separation member on the sheet in being conveyed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/374,380Filed 9 Dec 2016

Priority

JP 2015-24570116 Dec 2015

Published

22 Jun 2017

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Classification18 codes

B65H 29/18
By contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains: and introducing into a pile
B65H 29/12
Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles: by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of,…
B65H 29/14
By means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands or rollers: and introducing into a pile
B65H 29/70
Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles: article bending or stiffening arrangements