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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Peter George La Vos, Baarlo, NL;
Petrus Johannes Maria Thissen, Helden, NL;
Oce-Technologies B.V., , NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for removing sheets, one-by-one, from the top of a stack utilizing a suction conveyor means disposed above the stack and provided with side-blowing means having first blowing nozzles which blow a first air flow directly against the side of the top sheets and a second blowing nozzle which blow an obliquely, upwardly directed air flow against the side of a sheet attracted by the suction conveyor means in order to shake loose sheets sticking to the attracted sheet. Front-blowing means is also utilized to blow air between the sheet to be removed by the suction conveyor means and the rest of the stack in order to press any following sheets firmly to the rest of the stack.