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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 01, 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);
A. G. Stacker Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Abstract
A diverter conveyor includes a main conveyor having an upper deck and a lower deck, the upper deck including a plurality of belts, and the lower deck including a plurality of contact elements such as wheels. A plurality of paddles is mounted downstream of an entrance end of the conveyor and an actuator is configured to shift the plurality of paddles from a first position outside a sheet transport path to a second position extending into the sheet transport path such that the plurality of paddles in the second position diverts sheets from the main transport path into a diverted path and onto a rejection support.