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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Mehmet Oktay Kaya, Lee, NH (US);
Edward James Limbert, Monroe, OH (US);
Mehmet Oktay Kaya, Lee, NH (US);
Edward James Limbert, Monroe, OH (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 rotating drum for transporting the sheet material from the pile, and an acceleration device receiving the sheet material from the rotating drum at a first speed and releasing the sheet material at a second speed greater than the first speed. Also disclosed is a sheet material feeder with a sheet material holder for holding a pile of sheet material; and a rotating drum for transporting the sheet material from the pile, the rotating drum including at least one sucker rotating with the drum for contacting the sheet material.