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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2000
Airknife and vacuum control changes to improve sheet acquisition for a vacuum corrugated feed supply
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael T. Dobbertin, Honeoye, NY (US);
Thomas K. Sciurba, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmashinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/12 ;
Abstract
A method of operating a vacuum corrugated belt feeder, which may or may not have a positive air pressure separator, during non-feed cycle time. “The result being” to separate a sheet from a sheet supply stack, which method comprises agitating the top sheets in the stack by actuating the vacuum and/or the positive air pressure separator during non-feed cycle time.