Patent ID: 6296103
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for buffering sheets of cut stock in block-shaped stacks positioned in rows between stock-cutting machinery and further processing machinery, each of said rows being also block-shaped, the method comprising the steps of:forwarding each row produced by a discontinuous cutting process to a buffer's intake;forwarding thereafter said each row to a marshaling area where said each row is combined with previously forwarded rows into a group;forwarding each said group to a buffer's outtake and combining each said group with any other rows already there andforwarding the most downstream row of the group to the further processing machinery for continuous processing of said downstream row, rows of stacked sheets for cutting being buffered for continuous processing in said further processing machinery after being discontinuously cut in said stock cutting machinery, a plurality of stacks impinging on the cutting process in a row and leaving the cutting process discontinuously due to a time interval between each cutting step, a plurality of stacks forming a group inside said buffer.