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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mehmet Oktay Kaya, Lee, NH (US);
Heiner Philipp Luxem, Durham, NH (US);
Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Kingston, NH (US);
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/08 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for separating a flat product from a pile of flat products includes a sucker mechanism. The sucker mechanism has a sucker cup, a sucker tube and a vacuum device for generating a vacuum. The sucker tube has a first and second end, the sucker cup being coupled to the sucker tube at the first end of the sucker tube and the vacuum device being coupled to the sucker tube at the second end of the sucker tube. The second end of the sucker tube is movable arranged in the vacuum device so as to vary the sucker stroke of the sucker cup.