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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Siegfried Dachtler, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Siegfried Dachtler, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Trumpf GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H003/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lifter device for separating the uppermost of a stack of flexible flat workpieces in suction holders for engaging a sheet when suction is applied thereto. At least one suction holder adjacent a side of the frame is movable independently of other suction holders spaced inwardly therefrom to bend an edge portion of the workpiece upwardly. A stop is provided on the frame to limit upward motion of the body of the sheet as the edge portion bends upwardly.