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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
A. G. Stacker Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Dalton Hege, Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Eric Stempihar, Rockingham, VA (US);
Joseph Wunder, Lexington, VA (US);
Clarence C. Allen, Jr., Mt. Crawford, VA (US);
A. G. STACKER INC., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Abstract
A front end conveyor includes a frame having a first side and a second side, a lower deck and an upper deck. The lower deck includes a plurality of sheet supports, and upper portions of the sheet supports lie in a first plane. The upper deck includes a plurality of sheet guides that define with the sheet supports a sheet transport path through the front end conveyor. A chad wall extends transversely to the sheet transport direction and has a top edge located below the sheet transport path and a front surface facing in the upstream direction and a plurality of fingers projecting from the front surface in the upstream direction. The top edge of the chad wall is positioned relative to the sheet transport path such that hanging chads depending from the sheets will impact the chad wall.