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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Edward Engarto, Sayre, PA (US);
Robert J. Felice, Endicott, NY (US);
Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Newark Valley, NY (US);
Drew D. Havholm, Vestal, NY (US);
Lockhead Martin Corporation, Owego, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles each having a downwardly oriented primary edge, laterally diverting the flat articles in the serial input stream alternately between a pair of separate paths, impeding horizontal movement of each flat article in each separate path, accelerating each flat article with impeded horizontal movement in the direction of its primary edge, and delivering substantially horizontally oriented flat articles from each separate path.