US 8,464,438 B2Granted

Seasoning apparatus

AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation

InventorsTatsuo Fujikura, Yuhei Chiwata, Masahiko Kondou, Hiroyuki Asakura

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Abstract

A seasoning apparatus includes: a table on which a stack of paper sheets is loaded; a ceiling plate which is arranged above the table to cover an upper side of the paper stack on the table; a front side plate and a rear side plate which are arranged to oppose to each other at front and rear sides of the paper stack on the table, at least one of the front and rear side plates being advanceable and retractable relatively to each other; a right-hand side plate and a left-hand side plate which are arranged to oppose to each other at a right-hand side and a left-hand side of the paper stack on the table, at least one of the right-hand and left-hand side plates being advanceable and retractable relatively to each other; and an air blowing device which blows air horizontally toward the paper stack on the table.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A seasoning apparatus, comprising:

a table having a loading surface on which a stack of paper sheets is loaded;
a ceiling plate which is arranged above the loading surface to cover an upper side of the stack of paper sheets loaded on the loading surface;
a front side plate and a rear side plate which are arranged to oppose to each other at a front side and a rear side of the stack of paper sheets loaded on the loading surface, at least one of the front side plate and the rear side plate being advanceable and retractable relatively to each other;
a right-hand side plate and a left-hand side plate which are arranged to oppose to each other at a right-hand side and a left-hand side of the stack of paper sheets loaded on the loading surface, at least one of the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate being advanceable and retractable relatively to each other;
and
an air blowing device which blows air horizontally toward the stack of paper sheets loaded on the loading surface.

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Facts

Application: 13/044,136Filed 9 Mar 2011
Priority: JP 2010-05325210 Mar 2010
Published: US 2011/0219641 A115 Sep 2011
Granted: 18 Jun 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

B65H 31/02
Pile receivers: with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
B65H 31/20
Pile receivers: adjustable for different article sizes
B65H 31/34
Pile receivers: apparatus for squaring-up piled articles
B65H 2301/517
Modifying a characteristic of handled material: drying material

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US 2011/0219641 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 Sep 2011
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