Drop table attachment for sheet feeding machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6394443
SERIAL NO

09705204

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Abstract

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A drop table is used for accumulating a desired number of sheets of items in a bundle and then dropping the bundle onto a conveyor belt. The drop table has a plurality of rods acting as a floor in a collection box. When the drop table receives a signal from a sheet feeder that the number of items desired is in the bundle the rods are withdrawn from beneath the collection box and the bundle drops to a conveyor belt. The rods are then moved back into position for receiving more sheets to form another bundle and the drop table signals the sheet feeding machine to send more sheets to the collection box. The collection box may have a vibrating jogger to align the sheets into a squared bundle on one axis and a tamping foot to align the sheets into a squared bundle on a second axis. The drop table can accumulate sheets in a squared bundle quickly without jamming and release the bundle onto a conveyor below the collection box.

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MULTIFEEDER TECHNOLOGY INC4821 WHITE BEAR PARKWAY WHITE BEAR LAKE MN 55110

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nordling, Mark Crystal, MN 4 38
Vedoy, Arild White Bear Lake, MN 14 79

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