EMIL J BERGER JR
Engineers in Hatfield, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE004261E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Hatfield, PA 19440
Professional information
Sheet Pick-Up And Feeder
US Patent:
4003567, Jan 18, 1977
Filed:
Apr 7, 1976
Appl. No.:
4/674591
Inventors:
Emil J. Berger - Hatfield PA
John M. Mitchard - Cherry Hill NJ
John M. Mitchard - Cherry Hill NJ
Assignee:
Union Camp Corporation - Wayne NJ
International Classification:
B65H 308
US Classification:
271 12
Abstract:
Apparatus for picking up a single sheet of semi-rigid material from the top of a stack of such sheets having a device overlying the back end of the stack and holding down that end of the stack, vacuum pick-up shoes to engage the back end of the topmost sheet in the stack, said shoes moving initially to slide the sheet forward from beneath the overlying device and then to lift the back end of the sheet, and a chain conveyor with hooks to engage the raised end of the sheet and feed such sheet into a conveyor for transporting the sheet away from the stack.