Apparatus for separating stacked sheets using rotatable, recessed shafts and vacuum members

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5407187
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08076002

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A separating apparatus having a magazine in which stacked sheets made of plastics material or the like are arranged, and having movable suction means for moving the separated sheets to a workplace, where the sheets in the stack are supported in a horizontal position by holding means on the bottom edge of the magazine, and therebetween the bottom most sheet is freely disposed and is accessible to the suction means. The holding means comprises a rotatably driven shaft arranged along the two bottom edges of the magazine, the cross-section of which shaft, in the region of the length of the sheet, is recessed so as to form a shoulder, the depth of the shoulder being equal to the thickness of the sheet to be separated, and arranged approximately in the center between the edges of the magazine are the suction means which are able to move toward and away from the bottom sheet.

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TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S A (TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE LTD)AVENUE GENERAL-GUISAN 70 PULLY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bub, Heiko Bodenheim, DE 7 41
Liebram, Udo Pfungstadt, DE 21 228
Reil, Wilhelm Bensheim, DE 63 811

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