Patent ID: 7344134
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A stacking apparatus for stacking a plurality of flat articles on edge, each article having a front perimeter edge, a bottom edge and two faces, said stacking apparatus adapted to receive each of said plurality of flat articles as each article enters said stacking apparatus, moving in a direction generally parallel to said faces of each article, said stacking apparatus comprising: (a) an article receiver, the article receiver adapted to receive articles wherein the faces of the article are in a vertical position, comprising (b) the segmented roller comprising: (c) a stacking conveyor bed; and (d) the segmented roller rotatable from a stopped position wherein the planar surface is in the horizontal position wherein the planar surface forms a gap to receive the bottom edge of one article at a time to a rotating configuration wherein the cylindrical outer surface of the segmented roller drives the one article against the stacking conveyor bed, and rotatable back to the stopped position wherein the planar surface is in a horizontal position to receive the bottom edge of another article.