Signature feeder having improved signature extraction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4907791
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07226221

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A sheet feeder has a supply station wherein signatures fresh from the printing press are stacked. The stack is supported such that the signatures are in an arched, non-planar configuration. A sheet stripper extracts signatures successively from the stack and feeds them in a constant stream to a transfer conveyor. The stripper grips the sheets with a suction device which applies a constant but locally intermittent vacuum. The transfer conveyor carries the signatures to a delivery station. The delivery station includes fingers which arch the signatures. Arching the signatures in the supply and delivery stations prevents rolling of the signatures.

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MCCAIN MANUFACTURING CORP6200 WEST 60TH ST A CORP OF IL CHICAGO IL 60638

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Higgins, George Orland Park, IL 5 48
Wrona, James Burbank, IL 7 48

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