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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2004
Michael R. Drago, Bethlehem, PA (US);
John J. Semanick, Bethlehem, PA (US);
John H. Vitko, Easton, PA (US);
Michael R. Drago, Bethlehem, PA (US);
John J. Semanick, Bethlehem, PA (US);
John H. Vitko, Easton, PA (US);
Bowe Bell + Howell Company, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
An accumulator apparatus for accumulating one or more sheets or articles is provided and includes a sheet accumulator portion for accumulating one or more sheets or articles, a ramp disposed upstream of the sheet accumulator portion relative to a flow direction of the sheet or article, an actuator and a pusher plate connected to the actuator. The actuator is configured to move the pusher plate away from the ramp in a direction toward a sheet accumulation portion of the accumulator apparatus.