Patent ID: 9212011
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A47L,B32B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A stacking device for stacking together web members which drop down along a parabolic curve, said stacking device comprising: a horizontal movement limit part configured to limit movement of the web members in a horizontal direction; a temporary supporting member configured to have a projecting position where the temporary supporting member projects from said horizontal movement limit part and a retracted position where the temporary supporting member is pulled in from said projecting position and does not stick out from said horizontal movement limit part; a receiving table positioned under said temporary supporting member at said projecting position to stack said web members; and a vertical direction aligning member facing said horizontal movement limit part and arranged at a height position where said web members are to be stacked, wherein said temporary supporting member is configured to be at the projecting position to temporarily support each one of said web members which is dropping off toward said temporary supporting member and, after that, said temporary supporting member is configured to shift to said retracted position to make said web member drop under said temporary supporting member and thereby stack said web members on said receiving table, the horizontal movement limit part is inclined from a vertical direction of the stacking device, a distance between said horizontal movement limit part and said vertical direction aligning member is configured to be the same as a width of said web members or slightly greater than the width, the vertical direction aligning member is inclined from the vertical direction of the stacking device by a predetermined angle, said temporary supporting member includes a base and a tip opposite to the base, and the temporary supporting member is inclined upward from the base to the tip in both the projecting position and the retracted position.