Line for feeding stacks of sheets to an operating unit

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EP 1 201 578 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/18

(21)	Application number: 01125179.0

(22)	Date of filing: 23.10.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65H 3/24

(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

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Priority:

24.10.2000 IT BO000617

(71)	Applicant: Innopack S.r.l.
	40012 Calderara di Reno (IT)

(72)	Inventors:
	Grandi, Lia 40024 Castel S Pietro Terme (IT) Cinotti, Andrea 40141 Bologna (IT) Mazzini, Luciano 40037 Sasso Marconi (IT)

(74)	Representative: Bongiovanni, Simone (IT) et al
	Studio Torta S.r.l Via Viotti 9 I-10121 Torino I-10121 Torino (IT)

(54)	Line for feeding stacks of sheets to an operating unit

(57) A succession of stacks (2) of sheets (3) is fed to an input station (4) of an operating unit by means of a transfer device (9) having a transfer station (8) for receiving the stacks (2) of sheets (3) successively; the transfer device (9) being supported by a fixed supporting structure (11) located on the opposite side of the transfer station (8) to the input station (4).

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