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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Gerber Technology Llc, Tolland, CT (US);
Inventor:
Dana Wade Seniff, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC, Tolland, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 23/182 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/1825 (2013.01); B65H 35/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for handling overlay sheet material on a cutting apparatus including a conveyor for moving work material in a longitudinal direction and a support for positioning a tensioner frame adjacent the conveyor. A tensioner frame, attached to the support, has a nip wheel and a drive for rotating the nip wheel with a tangential speed in excess of the longitudinal conveyor speed attached to the tensioner frame. The nip wheel engages the overlay sheet material applying a tension thereto in the same longitudinal direction as the conveyor.