Sheet feeder drop table with transverse take-away conveyor
AssigneeMultifeeder Technology, Inc.
InventorArild Vedoy
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Abstract
A sheet tray for a conveyor belt delivery system wherein sheets fed from a sheet feeder are stacked in the sheet tray and then transported from the sheet tray on the conveyor. The sheet tray as two walls at least one of which is movable to hold different sized sheets in a stack. The sheet feeder has two open ends to allow for the transport of stacks by a conveyor belt. The sheet feeder delivers a specified number of sheets to the stack and then stops delivering sheets. The conveyor has a post to engage and move the stack out of sheets off the base of the walls onto the conveyor belt. A sensor on the sheet tray notified the sheet feeder that the sheet tray is empty and to start feeding sheets to a new stack.
Claims14
A sheet tray comprising:
- a first wall and a second wall parallel to the first wall, both walls having base portions perpendicular to the wall and facing each other for supporting articles placed between the walls above a conveyor belt,
- a guide rod adjustably connecting the first wall to the second wall such that the distance between the walls is adjustable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.