Patent ID: 6142288
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
Apparatus for feeding stacks of fanfold sheets comprising:a) a transporter, having a base, a length, an input end, an opposing discharge end, a fanfold stack support surface running lengthwise, and means for moving stacks laterally along the support surface toward the discharge end; and,b) a positioner, for receiving, rotating in space, and depositing stacks on the transporter surface, translatable along a portion of the length of the transporter;wherein the positioner is comprised of a U-shape bin, adapted to receive a stack of fanfold sheets; the bin having sidewalls, a bottom, and a primary opening opposite the bottom; the bin rotatable upon the positioner, from a first position wherein the primary opening thereof faces away from the discharge end of the transporter, to a second position wherein said opening faces toward the discharge end of the transporter.