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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Andrew Lynn Klopfenstein, Tipp City, OH (US);
Russell Alan Bechler, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A pile restrictor includes a restrictor body and a restricting blade attached to the body, the restricting blade being adjustable angularly with respect to the body during an operating mode of a sheet feeder. The present invention also provides a pile feed device having a front guide and at least one pile restrictors, each of the pile restrictors connected to the front guide and including a body and a restricting blade attached to the body, the blade being adjustable angularly with respect to the body during the operating mode. Also disclosed is a method of restricting a sheet pile comprising the steps of placing a pile of sheets in a feeder so that the nose of the pile is restricted by a restrictor; and adjusting an angle of the restrictor furing operation of the feeder.