Patent ID: 7832545
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering blanks to a module, the method comprising: providing a first conveyor capable of travel at a first velocity and a second velocity and capable of acceleration from said first velocity to said second velocity and deceleration from said second velocity to said first velocity; sequentially dispensing a plurality of blanks onto said first conveyor; detecting the position of one of said plurality of blanks; accelerating the first conveyor, with said plurality of blanks thereon, in response to said detecting step to substantially match the velocity of a second conveyor when said one blank is at a preselected position on the first conveyor, said second conveyor traveling at said second velocity; transferring at least a portion of said one blank from the first conveyor to the second conveyor when said first conveyor is traveling at said second velocity; and reducing the velocity of the first conveyor, with said plurality of blanks thereon, to the first velocity after a predetermined period of time in response to said detecting step.