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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jose' Ma Villacieros Fernandez, Vigo, ES;
Assignee:
Ward Holding Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414790 ; 4147898 ; 4147901 ; 4147904 ; 4147908 ; 271218 ;
Abstract
A machine for stacking sheets is disclosed which includes an overhead conveyor for conveying sheets to a stacking area, and first and second sets of support fingers which support the sheets as they are stacked in bundles as the support fingers are moved horizontally and vertically through a predetermined sequence of positions.