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AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsEckhard Bauer, Soenke C. Bluethgen, Dimitrios Kostudis, Jorg Leyser, Ingo Neuber, Stefan Schluenss
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A lifting unit and a process for lifting a stack of sheets having at least a first support (20, 120, 220) and at least a second support (22, 122, 222) are described. The first support defines a first con-toured or flat support surface, and the second support defines a second support surface which has a substantially horizontal, flat main surface. In the lifting unit at least one unit is provided for lifting the first and second supports. During operation the supports are lifted such that at least a highest point of the first support is kept elevationally above the second support, the second support is lifted more quickly than the first support, and the substantially horizontal, flat main surface of the second support is kept in its horizontal alignment. The lifting unit is described, in combination with a sheet feeder.
A lifting unit for lifting a stack of sheets, said unit comprising:
A process for lifting a stack of sheets in which a stack of sheets is initially placed on at least a first support and at least a second support, the first support defining a first, contoured or flat support surface, and the second support defining a second support surface which has a substantially horizontal, flat main surface, comprising the following steps:
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