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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Kevin Lauren Cote, Durham, NH (US);
Richard Daniel Curley, Dover, NH (US);
Benedict Sammuel Raffaele, Northwood, NH (US);
Kevin Lauren Cote, Durham, NH (US);
Richard Daniel Curley, Dover, NH (US);
Benedict Sammuel Raffaele, Northwood, NH (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Abstract
An infeed apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer includes a pusher element for moving a sheet material article to be trimmed on a front table of the trimmer and into engagement with a backstop of the front table. The pusher element is moved by a driver which moves the pusher element at the same speed as the front table for a period of time with the pusher element in engagement with a back edge portion of the sheet material article and the backstop in engagement with a front edge portion of the sheet material article. The period of time is at least as long as the time required for the front clamp to move through a distance corresponding to the difference in thickness between the thinnest sheet material article and the thickest sheet material article to grip the sheet material article against the front table.