Device for feeding flat objects to a processing machine
Abstract
Abstract TO FEED STACKED FLAT OBJECTS OF VARYING SIZE AND/OR THICKNESS SUCH AS PAPER OR CARTON SHEETS, NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, PRINTED MATTER ENVOLOPES OR THE LIKE WHICH ARE TO BE ADDRESSED IN AN ADDRESSING MACHINE OR OTHERWISE PROCESSED, CONVEYOR BELTS ARE LOCATED IN FRICTIONAL CONTACT WITH THE LOWERMOST OBJECT OF THE STACK. TWO OR MORE STOP MEMBERS, DISPLACEABLE IN LATERAL DIRECTION FORM, WITH THE BELT, A FEED GAP. THE LOWER PART OF THE ABUTMENT SURFACES OF THE STOP MEMBERS ARE INCLINED RELATIVE TO THE VERTICAL IN TRANSPORT DIRECTION. A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE FEED GAP MEMBER HAVING A CURVED GATE SURFACE, AND A DRIVEN SEPARATOR ROLLER THEREBELOW FORM AT THE LOWEST POINT OF THE GATE MEMBER, A FEED PASSAGE. THEY ARE LOCATED LATERALLY OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO THE STOP MEMBERS. SWITCH MEANS ARE LOCATED BEYOND THE GATE TO INTERRUPT MOVEMENT OF THE BELTS AFTER AN OBJECT HAS PASSED THE GAP.
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- 👤 Kurt Runzi
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