Flat article stacking and tray loading apparatus
AssigneeInternational Standard Electric Corporation
InventorsEric G. Y. Lambrechts, Herman K. M. Verhoeven, Constant J. P. Claes
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Abstract
A tray loading apparatus includes an inclined support having a displaceable front part so that the front wall of a tray can be brought into abutment with the front end of a stack carried by the support and to be loaded in the tray after a backing plate supporting the stack front end has been removed. The stacking apparatus includes a conveyor able to apply the front portion of each envelope conveyed in a direction making an angle with the above backing plate against this backing plate and a belt arrangement operating on the front portion of each envelope to cant the rear part of the envelope into engagement with a deflector after the front portion has been applied against the backing plate.
Claims4
Tray loading apparatus comprising:
- stack supporting means for a stack of flat articles, said stack supporting means including a stationary support surface and a movable support surface extending beyond the front end of said stationary support surface;
- spring means for urging said movable support surface away from said stationary support surface;
- a removable stacking plate member for retaining the front of said stack, said plate member being pivotally carried by a holder slidably mounted on an inclined rod mounted along said stationary support;
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- tray supporting means adjacent said movable support surface, said tray supporting means being movable toward and away from said movable support surface whereby the front wall of a tray can be brought into abutment with the front end of the stack after said stacking plate is removed so that said stack can be transferred into said tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.