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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Harry C. Noll, Jr., Whitehall, PA (US);
Inventor:
Harry C. Noll, Jr., Whitehall, PA (US);
Assignee:
Graphic Management Associates, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G025/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The transfer device is a circular conveyor having a plurality of radially moveable grippers. The grippers receive a non-self-supporting package, such as a newspaper jacket, on its bottom edge from an overhead line conveyor and rotate the newspaper down onto a receiving device such as a bundler at the bottom of the drum's rotation. The transfer device controls the gripping of the newspaper from the line conveyor with an inhibitor cam to provide a controlled bypass mechanism. The radial moveable grippers allow for smoother transistion and decrease space needs.