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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Mehmet Oktay Kaya, Lee, NH (US);
Edward James Limbert, Rochester, NH (US);
Daniel Gregg Dimuzio, Cheviot, OH (US);
Glen Roger Caron, Dover, NH (US);
Mehmet Oktay Kaya, Lee, NH (US);
Edward James Limbert, Rochester, NH (US);
Daniel Gregg DiMuzio, Cheviot, OH (US);
Glen Roger Caron, Dover, NH (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Abstract
A sheet material feeder includes a sheet material holder for holding a pile of sheet material; a sucker bar device having at least one sucker for contacting the sheet material, the sucker bar device having a pivot axis, and an actuator for pivoting the sucker bar device about the pivot axis and having a first position and a second position. When the actuator is in the first position, the sucker pivoting about the pivot axis from a first angle where the sucker contacts the sheet material by a predetermined angle so that the sucker removes the sheet material from the pile; and when the actuator is in the second position, the sucker pivoting about the pivot axis from a second angle where the sucker does not contact the sheet material.