Patent ID: 7588239
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A transport and alignment system for handling stacked sheet material on a support deck, comprising: first and second belts each having a plurality of spaced-apart fingers, a portion of each belt disposed adjacent and parallel to the support deck, the fingers engaging opposed edges of the sheet material, and, a drive mechanism for independently driving the first and second belts along the support deck, the drive mechanism effecting concurrent and relative motion of the fingers, the drive mechanism including drive and idler wheels for driving and supporting each of the first and second belts, the drive wheel of one belt being co-axially aligned with the idler wheel of the other belt, whereby concurrent motion of the fingers transports the stacked sheet material along the support deck and relative motion of the fingers jogs the sheet material to align the opposed edges of the stacked sheets of material.