Paper padding or tableting press

Abstract

A paper padding press is disclosed comprising a support base and a tiltable rack having stacking and working positions for aligning a stack of pads and gluing and edges of the pads, respectively. The tiltable rack includes a planar stacking table having a pair of upstanding posts disposed at a right angle to the stacking table. The upstanding tubular posts support a pair of guide doors providing a surface disposed at a right angle to the stacking table for aligning the edges of the pads to be glued. The upstanding tubular posts also support a clamp bar and a pair of pipe clamps for clamping a stack of pads between the stacking table and the clamp bar. Means are provided for securely latching the doors closed for the stacking operation and open to the side of the stacking table for the gluing operation. The tiltable rack is latched in a working position and gravity secured in a stacking position by a stop rod pivoted on the underside of the stacking table. One end of the stop rod is received in an aperture disposed in the support base below the stacking table. The opposite end of the stop rod includes a handle for operating the latch and changing the angular adjustment of the tiltable rack. The end of the stop rod received in the aperture includes shoulders which cooperating with various diameter openings in the aperture act to fix the tiltable table in stacking and working positions without interference with the pivoting guide doors, or limiting the work area behind the padding press.

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