公开(公告)号：US3926427A

公开(公告)日：1975-12-16

申请号：US44252774

申请日：1974-02-14

Applicant: MOKSNES STEPHEN L ,  MOKSNES F LESLIE

Inventor： MOKSNES STEPHEN L ,  MOKSNES F LESLIE

IPC: B65H3/12 ,  B65H3/44

CPC classification number: B65H3/446 ,  B65H3/12

Abstract: Horizontally-spaced shuttles having a gap therebetween are mounted for conjoint reciprocal horizontal movement beneath an open-bottomed hopper for a stack of sheets. Vacuum cups deflect the edge portion of the bottom-most sheet downwardly toward said gap as the shuttles move under the hopper. A peeling strip mounted within the gap engages said deflected portion of the sheet and peels it from the bottom of the stack, allowing the peeled-off sheet to move through the gap and drop straight down into sheet processing means directly beneath the hopper. A plurality of said sheet-separating mechanisms are arranged in a row above a sheet-stacking conveyor to form a collator.