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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Roger Blaine Trivette, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
Roger Blaine Trivette, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
Other;
Abstract
An automated destacking device is used to remove a single flat item or sheet from the top of a stack, and to then transport the item from the stack so that it may be used in an assembly line, manufacturing process, or the like. The stacked items are placed into a hopper, and an elevator drives the hopper upwardly until the top item in the stack contacts the underside of a horizontally movable carriage. The underside of the carriage includes an adhesive element, which engages the top item, and then the carriage moves in a horizontal direction away from the stack, carrying the top item from the stack to a position separately from the stack.