Patent ID: 9688494
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B26D,B65B,B65H,Y10T

Claim:
1. A vacuum table comprising, in combination: a vacuum chamber having a top conveying surface including a plurality of air apertures formed therein; a carrier moving over the top conveying surface in a conveying direction, with the carrier including an upper surface for abutment with an element to be conveyed and a lower surface for abutment with the top conveying surface, with the carrier providing air communication between the element and the vacuum chamber through the plurality of air apertures with the carrier comprising a plurality of belts moving in the conveying direction; and an adjustment plate adjustably positioned in an adjustment direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, with the adjustment plate blocking some of the plurality of air apertures of the top conveying surface, with the belts having a spacing in the adjustment direction, with the plurality of air apertures aligned with the spacings of the plurality of belts, with the plurality of belts providing air communication between the upper surface and the element.