MATERIAL TAKE-OFF RAMP AND SYSTEM FOR A CONVEYOR CUTTER BED AND METHOD OF USE

摘要

A cutter (10) for cutting closed shape pieces into sheet material has a bristle bed conveyorized member (24) advancing the sheet material from a receiving end (50) to a discharge end (54) past a cutting tool (42) performing a cutting operation on the material. Disposed at the discharge end is a take-off ramp (14) responsible for separating the sheet material in a single ply or a layup form from the underlying conveyor member (24) at the juncture where the slats making up the bed depart from the upper run (28) of the conveyor defining the support surface.