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US 8,360,413 B2Granted
Under-shingled article handling and stacking system and method
AssigneeRobert Fokos
InventorRobert Fokos
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Abstract
A device and process for processing flat articles such as pieces of paper by utilizing a stream of under-shingled flat articles and generating a gap at predetermined intervals. The under-shingling process incorporates an accelerating and decelerating portion wherein each flat article is accelerated and then decelerated while a tail portion of the article is lifted such that the next flat article can slide underneath to establish an under-shingled stream.
Claims5
A method of processing paper comprising:
- creating an under-shingled stream of flat articles;
- creating gaps at predetermined intervals of the under-shingled stream of flat articles, the gaps comprising a first gap and a second gap;
- placing a first obstacle in the first gap and in front of the under-shingled stream of flat articles;
- accumulating the under-shingled stream of flat articles into a first bottom fed, vertically created stack of flat articles;
- removing the first obstacle at the second gap;
- placing a second obstacle in the second gap and in front of the under-shingled stream of flat articles;
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- accumulating the under-shingled stream of flat articles into a second bottom fed, vertically created stack of flat articles.
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