Abstract:
A separating device readily separates a desired number of sheets of paper in bundle form from a pile of paper sheets placed on a pallet or skid without disturbing the orderly piled-up bundle. The device comprises a nozzle made in a flat, palmlike form by which a compressed air is ejected into the boundary portion between the paper bundle and the paper pile and diffused uniformly over the entire area of the boundary portion to provide an air separation layer. The nozzle has guides for effecting diffusion of the compressed air.
Abstract:
An apparatus to be used in transferring a bundle of paper from a paper pile on a table lifter or the like onto a table in the subsequent step. Upon detecting undulation in the top surface of the paper pile, a suitable number of detectors emit a signal indicating whether the paper bundle can be transferred or not to control the upward movement of the paper pile. Before transference, the end of the undulated paper bundle is flattened by an intermediate unit and clamped by a clamp device.
Abstract:
For the transfer of a bundle of paper, the end of the paper bundle is grasped and drawn by a clamp device. By utilizing the flexibility of the paper bundle, clamping pressure required is made as low as possible so as to protect the end portion of the bundle. A lower clamp seat for contact with the lowermost surface of the paper bundle is inclined downward toward the end of the paper bundle, while a pressing portion of an upper clamp seat for pressing the upper surface of the bundle is positioned closer to the end of the bundle than the highest portion of the lower clamp seat.