Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – With transfer means between conveyor and receiver
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-12
2005-04-12
Bollinger, David H. (Department: 3653)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
With transfer means between conveyor and receiver
C271S315000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06877740
ABSTRACT:
A starwheel feed apparatus and method for feeding and guiding sheets of a web material into a starwheel assembly. In some embodiments, a feeding conveyor is movable to convey sheets at a first velocity toward the starwheel, and a guiding conveyor is located adjacent the starwheel and has a conveying surface movable at a velocity less than the first velocity. In other embodiments, other relative speeds of the guiding and feeding conveyors are employed. In some embodiments, a feeding conveyor feeds sheets into slots of a starwheel, and a guiding conveyor located adjacent the starwheel has a conveying surface to guide trailing edges of the sheets along a length of the conveying surface as the sheets enter the slots.
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Eder, III Martin
Michler James R.
Schneider Thomas W.
Bollinger David H.
C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Michael & Best & Friedrich LLP
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