Patents Assigned to SUPERIOR PAPER HANDLING SOLUTIONS, INC.
  • Friction feeder
    Patent number: 9221629
    Abstract: An exemplary friction feeder includes a hopper configured to accommodate a stack of items, a drive assembly configured to engage and move an item from the stack in a feed direction, and a gate assembly. The gate assembly includes a curved elongate separating member extending in the feed direction and configured to separate the item from other items in the stack as the item passes in the feed direction. The separating member has an item engaging surface biased to a reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SUPERIOR PAPER HANDLING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven G. Sands, Joseph R. Lacher