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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Govindarajan Natarajan, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
John Ulrich Knickerbocker, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Robert William Pasco, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156378 ; 1563798 ; 156497 ; 156512 ; 156517 ; 156558 ; 156563 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing sheets, includes placing a sheet on a carrier to form a sheet/carrier structure, sizing the sheet/carrier structure, stacking the sheet/carrier structure in a stacking apparatus having a second sheet stacked in advance therein, so that the sheet contacts the second sheet, aligning the sheets with pins, tacking the sheet to the second sheet and removing the carrier.