Pile holders

A pile holder has a lower tray (20) with a pair of corner-pick separators (44, 46) for separating the top sheet from a pile and an upper tray (22) having a frame positioned over a rear portion of the lower tray leaving a front portion of the lower tray exposed, a pair of flexible sidekicks (66, 68)...

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Main Author A. JUSTINE WORLEY
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.08.1991
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
STORING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A pile holder has a lower tray (20) with a pair of corner-pick separators (44, 46) for separating the top sheet from a pile and an upper tray (22) having a frame positioned over a rear portion of the lower tray leaving a front portion of the lower tray exposed, a pair of flexible sidekicks (66, 68) extending out over the exposed portion and having separators (70, 72) at the front tips of the sidekicks. A pair of D-rollers (84, 86 Fig. 4) mounted on a shaft pick the top sheet from the lower tray when no sheet is present at the upper tray, the D-rollers being adapted to pick the top sheet from the upper tray when at least one sheet is present thereat. The picked sheet media is then fed to a feed path.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB19900023445