Patent ID: 6536101
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for applying at least one facing foil to a face of a board, comprising:a board conveyor for displacing a board to be faced along a board-transport path in a direction of advance; first holding means above said path for supporting a stack of foils applicable to a surface of a board displaceable along said path; a first suction device capable of entraining foils from said stack and movable back and forth above said stack; a first foil deliverer downstream of said stack in said direction and receiving foils from said first suction device; a first foil feeder between said first foil deliverer and said path for depositing a foil received from said first foil deliverer onto a board on said conveyor; a second foil deliverer upstream of said stack relative to said direction; a second suction device capable of entraining foils from said stack and movable back and forth above said stack and depositing foils upon said second foil deliverer; and a foil-turning device upstream of said stack relative to said direction, said foil-turning device comprising a suction path guiding foils through 180Â° from an inlet adjacent said second foil deliverer to an outlet proximal to said conveyor and receiving foils deposited upon said second foil deliverer by said second suction device and inverting foils passing along said suction path for application to a board on said conveyor.