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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2018
A. G. Stacker, Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Clarence C. Allen, Jr., Mt. Crawford, VA (US);
Eric H. Crowe, Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Micah C. Sundstrom, Staunton, VA (US);
Eric Stempihar, Rockingham, VA (US);
Kevin G. Gorby, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Dalton Hege, Weyers Cave, VA (US);
A.G. STACKER INC., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Abstract
A sheet stacking system includes a conveyor for carrying sheets from a conveyor intake end to a conveyor discharge end and a hopper at the discharge end for receiving the sheets and guiding them as they fall in a cascade path onto a platform. The hopper has a backstop facing the discharge end of the conveyor and a first accumulator that includes a carrier and a support extending from the carrier through the backstop. The support is configured to rotate from a retracted position to an extended position relative to the backstop, and the carrier is movable linearly and vertically relative to the backstop with the support in the extended position from a raised location with the support outside the cascade path to a lowered location with the support in the cascade path.