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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Glen Roger Caron, Deerfield, NH (US);
James Aurthur Pangle, Strasburg, VA (US);
Glen Roger Caron, Deerfield, NH (US);
James Aurthur Pangle, Strasburg, VA (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Abstract
A hopper is provided including a pile plate, a backstop, a jogger opposite the backstop, the backstop and jogger being separated to permit a signature stack to be placed therebetween on the pile plate, and a flexible guide located opposite the jogger, adjacent to the backstop. A hopper is also provided including a pile plate, a backstop, a jogger opposite the backstop, the backstop and jogger being separated to permit a signature stack to be placed therebetween on the pile plate, and a toothed guide located opposite the jogger and adjacent to the backstop, a plurality of teeth of the toothed guide facing the signature stack. Methods are also provided.