Method and system for automatic-adjustable stacker
AssigneeHighcon Systems Ltd.
InventorsDavid Ben-David, Yaki Stern
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Abstract
An automatic-adjustable stacker for controlling the movement of a media, such as cardboard, through a media handling system. The stacker includes a media receiver positioned proximate a feed of the media that receives a leading edge of the media and a controller that causes the media receiver to move from a first position for receiving the media, to a second position for depositing of the media at a desired location. The media receiver is configured to prevent the media from coming into contact with other media already located at the desired location until the media has arrived at the desired location, while creating a concave-like shape to the media while conveying it.
Claims23
An automatic-adjustable stacker, comprising:
- a controller that obtains information on a length of a pre-treated cardboard;
- and
- an automatic-adjustable gripper mechanism;
- wherein the controller synchronizes the automatic-adjustable gripper mechanism with the arrival of a leading edge of a pre-treated cardboard at substantially an end-edge of a module preceding the automatic-adjustable stacker, the automatic-adjustable gripper mechanism operating to:
- grip the leading-edge of the pre-treated cardboard from the substantially end-edge of the module preceding the automatic-adjustable stacker,
- transfer the pre-treated cardboard toward a desired location;
- and
- release the transferred pre-treated cardboard when a trailing-edge of the pre-treated cardboard is proximate to the end-edge of the module preceding the automatic-adjustable stacker, based at least in part on the length of the pre-treated cardboard obtained by the controller, wherein a concavity-like shape is created to the pretreated cardboard while it is being transferred.
A method for controlling an automatic-adjustable stacker, the method being executed by a processor and controlling mechanical elements to perform the actions of:
- getting information from a source identifying the length of a pretreated cardboard;
- causing a first mechanism an automatic-adjustable stacker to grip a pre-treated cardboard at its leading edge from substantially an end edge of a module preceding the automatic-adjustable stacker;
- transferring the pre-treated cardboard toward a pile of pre-treated cardboards;
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- releasing the pre-treated cardboard when the trailing edge of the pre-treated cardboard reaches substantially the end edge of the module preceding the automatic-adjustable stacker, and acting as a surface supporting the pre-treated cardboard, and wherein the first mechanism and the edge of the surface supporting the pre-treated cardboard cooperate to create a concavity-like shape to the pretreated cardboard while it is being transferred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.