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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond I Bulka, Oak Lawn, IL (US);
Russell S Ketcham, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Kelvin K Mak, Lyons, IL (US);
Assignee:
McCain Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414 43 ; 198627 ; 198860 ; 271219 ; 271224 ; 414 49 ; 414 52 ; 414 91 ; 414900 ;
Abstract
A book stacker for thick or thin books in which an input conveyor for feeding the books in a stream to a transfer conveyor is adjustable for the thick-thin situation, and the transfer conveyor likewise; in which a partial stack of books is dropped to a collecting conveyor which gathers a full stack, the collecting conveyor being suspended resiliently; and in which the stack being gathered is stabilized.