FRONT END CONVEYOR WITH CHAD WALL

    公开(公告)号:US20220355501A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17734707

    申请日:2022-05-02

    IPC分类号: B26D7/06 B65H29/12

    摘要: A front end conveyor includes a frame having a first side and a second side, a lower deck and an upper deck. The lower deck includes a plurality of sheet supports, and upper portions of the sheet supports lie in a first plane. The upper deck includes a plurality of sheet guides that define with the sheet supports a sheet transport path through the front end conveyor. A chad wall extends transversely to the sheet transport direction and has a top edge located below the sheet transport path and a front surface facing in the upstream direction and a plurality of fingers projecting from the front surface in the upstream direction. The top edge of the chad wall is positioned relative to the sheet transport path such that hanging chads depending from the sheets will impact the chad wall.

    DIRECTIONAL AIR KNIFE
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240335857A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18743684

    申请日:2024-06-14

    IPC分类号: B07B4/00 B07B13/16

    CPC分类号: B07B4/00 B07B13/16

    摘要: An air knife includes a housing having a first end, a second end spaced from the first end in a longitudinal direction, a side wall extending from the first end to the second end, an interior, an entrance aperture configured to be connected to a source of pressurized air to increase a pressure of air inside the housing and an exit aperture. A nozzle is located at the exit aperture and has a nozzle inlet in fluid communication with the exit aperture and also has a nozzle outlet. A plurality of baffles are located in the interior of the nozzle, and each of the baffles is angled relative to the longitudinal direction. Also an assembly of a plurality of the air knives.

    FRONT END CONVEYOR HAVING ADJUSTABLE ENTRANCE SUPPORT

    公开(公告)号:US20220356032A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17734673

    申请日:2022-05-02

    IPC分类号: B65H29/66 B65H29/14

    摘要: A front end conveyor has an upstream end and a downstream end, a lower deck including a plurality of primary sheet supports and an upper deck including a plurality of sheet guides. Upper portions of the primary sheet supports lie in a first plane and the sheet supports and sheet guides define a sheet transport path for moving sheets in a sheet transport direction. A pivotable sheet support extends from an upstream end of the lower deck and has at least one surface lying in a second plane. The pivotable sheet support is pivotable from a first position in which the second plane forms a first angle with the first plane and a second position in which the second plane forms a second angle with the first plane, the second angle being different than the first angle.

    CONVEYOR HAVING ADJUSTABLE NIP
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230038400A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17878461

    申请日:2022-08-01

    IPC分类号: B65H29/12

    摘要: A conveyor includes a frame, a carriage supported by the frame for sliding movement in a longitudinal direction, a lower conveyor deck supported by the frame and an upper deck. The lower deck has a plurality of contact elements, which may be wheels, for supporting sheets of material moving through the conveyor. The upper deck includes a rear portion having a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced first belts each supported by a plurality of first pulleys and a front portion including a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced second belts each supported a plurality of second pulleys. The plurality of second pulleys includes a first second pulley and a second second pulley that are supported by the carriage for movement with the carriage relative to the frame.

    DUAL CLAMSHELL FRONT END CONVEYOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220355503A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17734661

    申请日:2022-05-02

    IPC分类号: B26D7/18

    摘要: A front end conveyor include a lower deck having a plurality of lower sheet supports, an upstream upper deck having an upstream end at the upstream end of the front end conveyor, a downstream end and a plurality of first upper sheet guides and a downstream upper deck having an upstream end, a downstream end at the downstream end of the front end conveyor, and a plurality of second upper sheet guides. The lower sheet supports and the upper sheet guides define a sheet transport path for moving sheets of material though the conveyor. The downstream end of the upstream upper deck and the upstream end of the downstream upper deck are independently pivotably mounted to the frame such that the upstream end of the upstream upper deck and the downstream end of the downstream upper deck shiftable toward and away from the lower deck.

    AGITATOR AND SHEET TRANSPORT DEVICE INCLUDING THE AGITATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220161514A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17104009

    申请日:2020-11-25

    发明人: Dalton HEGE

    IPC分类号: B31B50/14 B65H5/06

    摘要: An agitator for agitating sheets of material passing through a sheet transport device that has upper and lower guide sections defining a sheet transport path therebetween. The agitator includes first and second sets of rollers each having a roller axis of rotation and a width, and the rollers are mounted to at least one holder such that the axes of rotation of the rollers are radially spaced from a line and such that rotating the at least one holder around the line causes the rollers to orbit around the line. At least one support supports the holder for rotation around the line, and the set of first rollers is spaced from the set of second rollers in the direction of the line by a distance greater than the width of the rollers. Also a sheet transport device including the agitator.

    CONVEYOR HAVING OPPOSED UPPER AND LOWER DECKS AND LATERALLY SHIFTABLE LOWER DECK

    公开(公告)号:US20230044752A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17879131

    申请日:2022-08-02

    IPC分类号: B65H29/12 B65H29/20

    摘要: A conveyor configured to transport sheets along a transport path from an input end to a discharge end includes a main frame, an upper conveyor deck supported by the main frame and having a plurality of belts and a lower conveyor deck supported by the main frame and having a plurality of wheels. The transport path is defined by the contact surfaces of the plurality of belts in the first contact region and the contact surfaces of the plurality of wheels in the second contact region, and the conveyor is configured such that the sheets make direct contact with the contact surfaces of the plurality of belts and make direct contact with the contact surfaces of the plurality of wheels when the sheets move along the transport path. The wheels are shiftable in the third direction relative to the belts and relative to the main frame.