Method and apparatus for automated handling of cut material

Cutting – With product handling means – Means to move – guide – or permit free fall or flight of product

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83152, 83650, 83937, 83939, B26D 718, B26D 720

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ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for nondestructively removing a cut segment of predetermined shape from a limp material sheet workpiece and transporting the cut workpiece segment to a staging area for further processing. The cut segment is picked up by a picker which may comprise an array of carding strips, each strip having a plurality of needle-like elements, arranged such that each strip can be displaced relative to its adjacent strips and the needle-like elements of each strip are angularly offset with respect to the needle-like elements of the adjacent strips. Such removal and transporting having is accomplished without distorting the shape of the cut segment.

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