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Separator for stacked corrugated board

  • US 5,927,582 A
  • Filed: 08/05/1997
  • Issued: 07/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for separating and delivering first and second portions of a stack formed of a plurality of layers of die cut corrugated board in which each board in each stacked portion is connected to a respective board in the other stacked portion by a thin paper web forming a part of the liner of the board, while avoiding damaging the respective portions, said apparatus comprising:

  • a conveyor comprising a first and second portion;

    means for securing a first portion of a connected stack of a plurality of aligned die cut corrugated boards in a stationary position on a first portion of said conveyor;

    means for securing a second portion of the connected stack of die cut corrugated boards in a stationary position on a second portion of said conveyor, with the aligned thin paper webs positioned between said first and second conveyor portions; and

    means for pivoting the second portion of said conveyor and the secured second stacked portion of the die cut corrugated boards thereon about an axis parallel to the line of the aligned thin paper webs between the first and second portions while the second stacked portion of the die cut corrugated boards remains secured on said second portion of said conveyor to thereby pivotally separate the first and second stacked portions of the die cut corrugated boards from one another by consecutively pivotally separating each board layer along its respective connecting thin paper web.

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