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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Clarence Allen, Jr., Mt. Crawford, VA (US);
Michael Lippy, Herndon, VA (US);
Clarence Allen, Jr., Mt. Crawford, VA (US);
Michael Lippy, Herndon, VA (US);
A.G. Stacker Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Abstract
A sheet stacking apparatus includes a conveyor support, a main conveyor connected to the conveyor support and having a discharge end movable between a lowered position and a raised position, a transfer conveyor having a intake end roller support holding the intake end roller in a fixed relationship with respect to the conveyor support and a discharge end roller connected to a main conveyor intake end roller, at least one idler roller, and at least one belt supported by the transfer conveyor intake end roller and the transfer conveyor discharge end roller and passing over the at least one idler roller, the main conveyor discharge end being movable between a lowered position and a raised position, and wherein the transfer conveyor discharge end roller is shifted away from the transfer conveyor intake end roller by the main conveyor discharge end moving from the lowered position to the raised position.