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(11) EP 0 095 576 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.05.1985 Bulletin 1985/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.12.1983 Bulletin 1983/49

(21) Application number: 83103391

(22) Date of filing: 07.04.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE GB LI SE

(30) Priority: 27.05.1982 US 382508

(71) Applicant: Rockwell International Corporation
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(72) Inventors:
  • Siniscal, Paul D.
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  • LaChance, Thomas E.
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  • Hebert, David L.
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(54) Newspaper container loading apparatus


(57) An apparatus for loading newspapers into a container in a newspaper live storage buffer system having an indexing unit for moving the containers individually from the buffer's conveying device to a loading position. In loading position the container is operatively associated with upper and lower carrier conveying devices in which the upper one is provided with a plurality of spaced tine members that are adapted to receive newspapers emanating from a printing press and to form stacks thereon which are lowered to a position for presenting the stacks to the lower carrier conveying device. This device includes a pair of spaced paddle members that are driven in an elliptical pathway to a position for receiving the stacks of newspapers from the tine members, and then lowering them into the container.






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