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US 6,745,694 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for a slipsheet removal system
AssigneePerkinElmer, Inc.
InventorsTimothy A. Ellis, Randall W. Cuberly, Norman L. Shaver, Dean P. Stapleton, Paul A. Maseman, Allen A. Bahr, John W. Watkins
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Abstract
A method for separating lightweight sheets to be discarded interleaved with heavier items to be further processed. A gas such as air is delivered by nozzles and directed at slip sheets interleaved between photosensitive plates. The slip sheets are directed by the gas to a discarded slip sheet area. An apparatus for the slip sheet removal system comprising a plate handling area and a discarded slip sheet area.
Claims15
An apparatus for separating slip sheets from plates comprising:
- a cart comprising a plate handler area to hold at least one stack of plates interleaved with slip sheets and a discarded slip sheet holding bin;
- a movable head comprising at least one vacuum cup to acquire plates one at a time from the cart;
- and at least one gas nozzle to create a layer of gas between the plates and the slip sheets and to blow the slip sheets into the holding bin wherein the head comprises a chute and a top of the chute comprises a baffle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.