Takeoff method and apparatus

Details Takeoff method and apparatus Takeoff method and apparatus

1982-10-26

1985-04-23

Halvosa, George E. A.

Sheet feeding or delivering

Delivering

Reciprocating conveyors

101232, 198486, 294104, 414753, B65H 2910

Patent

active

045125635

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method are disclosed for individually transporting large sheets of stock which may have curled ends from a planar support surface such as a printing bed to another location, such as a delivery station. The present invention includes lifting members for positioning a leading end of each sheet at a predetermined elevation prior to engagement by a purality of grippers having upper and lower jaws which grip the end of the sheet to transport it. In the preferred embodiment, the lifting member comprises a plurality of pins mounted in the support surface which are driven upward to raise the leading end of the sheet.

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