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COMBINATION STACKER-FEEDER

  • US 3,643,817 A
  • Filed: 09/16/1970
  • Issued: 02/22/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A combination stacker and feeder for flat articles comprising a pair of upright wall members mounted in opposed relationship, means for intermittently conveying said articles beneath one of said wall members to a position between said wall members, means for successively lifting said articles from said conveying means between said wall members, a support member yieldably mounted on each wall member for receiving each of said articles from said lifting means and supporting it above said conveying means, an endless feed conveyor arranged between said wall members in generally parallel relationship therewith and with one run thereof being located generally in the plane of said support members, a pusher member mounted on said feed conveyor for engagement with an article on said support members, a drive shaft mounting one end of said feed conveyor between said wall members, means for operating said drive shaft in timed relationship with said lifting means to slidably feed the article on said support members in a direction laterally of said conveying means, and a movable support mounting the other end of said feed conveyor whereby said feed conveyor may be pivoted about the axis of said drive shaft by an angle greater than 90* so that a stack of said articles may be formed upon said support members by said lifting means.

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