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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
William A. Cox, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/900 ;
Abstract
A high speed material processing and stacking apparatus and method for overlapping and slowing the linear progression of material pieces in a continuous stream. The apparatus may include a doubler conveyor for separating material pieces in a stream permitting a substantial reduction in the linear velocity downstream. The apparatus and method may also include a discharge conveyor having a dam separator to introduce controlled separations to form discrete numbers of materials for further processing and shipping.