Meinan Machinery Works, Inc.

Teruaki Aoto

Toshinori Nakaoda

Nagara Aoyama

Tsuyoshi Nakamura

Ritsuo Nishimura

Yoshinori Koba

Shunichi Suzuki

Yoshiaki Yamada

Yoriyoshi Kuno

Masanobu Yokota

A method for locating and conveying a veneer sheet includes: causing a downstream end of a veneer sheet conveyed by a travelling conveying member to abut against a blocking member to correct the attitude of the veneer sheet in such a state that a downstream end of the veneer sheet is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the veneer sheet; and after moving the conveying member in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction until one side end of the veneer sheet perpendicular to the conveying direction reaches a predetermined position and stopping the conveying member, moving the blocking member to a position where the blocking member does not abut against the veneer sheet. Accordingly, attitude correction of a veneer sheet and locating thereof in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction can be performed effectively.

Method and apparatus for locating and conveying sheet-like body

A system for stacking veneer sheets conveyed from two different directions includes a lower mechanism for carrying a first veneer sheet to a first position above a stack support and an upper mechanism for carrying a second sheet to a second position above the first position. The first veneer sheet carried to the first position may not be dropped immediately, but waits for the second veneer sheet to be dropped thereon from the second position, and then the first and second veneer sheets may be dropped as one body on the stack support. The lower carry mechanism includes a carry roller and a sheet carrier which may be moved substantially synchronously. However, the sheet carrier is moved through a stopper away from the carry roller when the veneer sheets are to be freed from the support thereof by the sheet carrier.

System for stacking veneer sheets conveyed from two different directions

There is disclosed a device for orienting a sheet having a rectangular shape into a straight position. A sheet, which is fed forward in a position inclined in one way and then brought into contact engagement at one corner on the leading edge thereof with one of two working surfaces of the device is turned into a straight position by the feeding force acting on the sheet to move it forward and of the force of a working surface of the device acting on that corner to move it in a direction perpendicular to that of the feeding force and away from the other corner on the same leading edge of the sheet. The device includes feeding rollers for feeding the veneer sheet forward, and first and second driven sheet orienting belts or sets of vertical rollers, each disposed at the downstream end of the sheet feeding area and providing a working surface which moves either one of the corners on the leading edge of the sheet in the direction that causes the sheet to be turned into the desired straight position in conjunction with the feeding force.

Device for orienting a sheet

An apparatus for stacking veneer sheets includes a table on which to stack veneer sheets, a pair of first and second conveyors disposed on opposite sides of the table, and a veneer carrier located above the table and movable between the conveyors. The veneer carrier comprises a right veneer holding mechanism and a left veneer holding mechanism. Each holding mechanism has a veneer holder. The right veneer holder grasps a front end portion of a veneer sheet conveyed by the first conveyor, and the veneer carrier is moved to the left to carry the sheet to a drop position from which to drop the sheet. While the sheet is thus carried, it is supported at its opposed side portions by a pair of spaced apart support bars located along the direction in which the sheet is carried. Thus, the sheet is allowed to curve downwardly at its substantial rear half while it is carried. The front end portion of the sheet is intentionally curved after the sheet has been held by the right veneer holder but before the sheet is dropped from the drop position, so that the entire sheet consequently has a uniform downward curvature before it is dropped.

Apparatus for stacking veneer sheets

A veneer sheet and an adhesive coated sheet are placed on a piling table. Two vertically arranged conveyors each independently conveys one veneer sheet and stops at predetermined position, pressing member presses two sheets simultaneously vertically downwards onto the piling table where the sheets are placed.

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Ohbu, Japan

Teruaki Aoto