Apparatus and method for separating sheet material

专利名称：Apparatus and method for separating sheet

material by means of a reciprocating diskseparator

发明人：David F. Hall申请号：US09882002申请日：20010615公开号：US06623000B2公开日：20030923

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摘要：A feeding and conveying system for feeding and conveying sheet material forprinting, collating, or binding the sheet material, among other processes. The feeding

and conveying system includes at least one feeder having a magazine containing aplurality of articles of sheet material, for example, signatures, a rotatable disk forseparating the sheet material from the magazine, and a feed drum for transferring thesheet material from the magazine to a conveyor. The rotatable disk, having at least oneseparating blade, is reciprocally rotated to separate the sheet material from themagazine. The separation of the sheet material from the magazine may be aided byapplying a source of vacuum to the sheet material, for example, by means of suckers. Thefeed drum may include one or more grasping devices for grasping and retaining thesheet material, for example, one or more grippers. The rotation of the separator diskmay be controlled by a programmable controller. The feeding and conveying systemprovides for increased throughput while minimizing or eliminating misalignment of thesheet material during handling.

申请人：PRIM HALL ENTERPRISES INC.

代理机构：Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

代理人：John Pietrangelo

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