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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshihiko Arai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuyoshi Maeda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Aida Engineering Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/558 ; B65B 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/558 ; B65B 3/700 ;
Abstract
A plurality of shuttle bars are guided in a feed direction below a guide body. The shuttle bars are spaced to fit between a plurality of conveyor belts which transport a sheet of material suspended below them toward a press. The guide body is lowered to move the shuttle bars far enough between the conveyor belts to disengage the sheet of material from the conveyor belts. The shuttle bars each includes a device for attachment to the sheet of material, whereby the sheet of material is conveyed the remainder of the way to the press attached to the shuttle bars.