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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter J Stobb, Pittstown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Stobb, Inc., Clinton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271177 ; 271184 ; 271185 ; 271198 ; 271314 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method of feeding sheets to a sheet gatherer, comprising moving the sheets along a horizontal path and then arcuately downwardly to lay the sheets in the gatherer hopper. The sides of the sheets are supported by members which have irregular surfaces disposed in vertical upstanding planes for engaging the opposite sides edges of the upstanding sheets and thereby support the sheets while advancing them toward the hopper. The sheets are continuously moved from a loading position and in the horizontal direction and then through a downwardly extending arc and into the hopper.