Patent ID: 8690146
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B31B,B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for loading a material, in sheets into an operating station of a processing plant, comprising at least one store for storing and feeding the sheets and a loading device, which is provided at least with feed means, disposed downstream of the at least one store with respect to a direction of feed of the sheets, the loading device feeding the sheets into the operating station, the apparatus comprising detection means, which are disposed in correspondence with the feed means, the detection means for detecting both a position of the sheets with respect to the feed means and a size of the sheets fed, and varying in a coordinated manner operating conditions at least of the feed means according to the position and size detected, wherein the feed means comprises a plurality of feed members, which are operationally independent of each other and disposed aligned along a direction transverse to the direction of feed of the sheets, the plurality of feed members are selectively activated in order to be operatively adjusted to the size and the position of the sheets.