Patent ID: 6010300
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A stacker for producing stacks having a stack height of stack layers, comprising:a stationarily supported base;a stacking station supported by said base;layer supports including:a stack support located at said stacking station for receiving in a stacking position the stack layers piled in sequence for forming the stack over the stack height with the stack layers being in direct mutual contact, anda removal support;a conveying member, said conveying member including a pusher for pushing the stack positioned in said stacking position from said stack support;a lateral stack boundary (15) opposing said pusher, said lateral stack boundary contacting the stack remote from said pusher and substantially over the stack height when the stack layers are piled onto said stack support;a transfer conveyor for removing the stack with said conveying member over a transfer path from said stacking station to said removal support in a transfer direction, anda removal conveyor including said removal support and defining a removal direction, said removal direction oriented transverse to said transfer direction, said stack support and said removal support defining at least one support plane.