Patent ID: 6471201
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for feeding sheetlike material from a stack, comprising a holder for receiving a stack of sheetlike material with a platform for supporting the stack and opposed side guides for guiding sheetlike material of the stack in a feeding direction, at least one of said side guides being displaceable relative to the other one, and a structure for feeding sheetlike material of the stack, wherein at least one of said side guides is movable between a working position projecting with respect to the platform for guiding sheets in a working area and a filling position in which said working area is at least partly cleared for passing therethrough sheets to be placed in the holder, wherein said at least one of said side guides is reciprocally pivotable between said filling position and said working position about a pivoting axis substantially directed in the feeding direction.