(19)
(11) EP 1 170 230 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/02

(21) Application number: 01303519.1

(22) Date of filing: 18.04.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 3/32, B26D 7/01
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 18.05.2000 GB 0012047

(71) Applicant: James Burn International Limited
Esher Surrey KT10 8BD (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Buret, Jean-Louis
    61300 L'Aigle (FR)
  • Huet, Joel
    61250 Damigny (FR)

(74) Representative: Findlay, Alice Rosemary 
Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB)

   


(54) A punching apparatus


(57) A punching apparatus comprises a feed section (4) for supplying sheets to a punch section (6) and a reception section (8) for receiving punched sheets from the punch section. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a picker device for separating a pile of sheets from a stock of sheets supplied by the feed section so that the pile of sheets can be transported through the punch section. The picker device comprises a wedge which is reciprocated horizontally a lift arm which reciprocates with the wedge to move an end thereof into the stack of sheets and a cam mechanism for causing the end of the lift arm to move first generally horizontally and then upwards. In another embodiment, at least two of the punch, feed and reception sections have at least one sheet aligner, the position of which is adjustable within the section and a common manual drive is provided for adjusting the positions of the sheet aligners.






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