摘要 |
<p>PICKING AND SEPARATING DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING ONE OR MORE FABRIC PLIES FROM A STACK A picking and separating device and method of operation for picking one or more upper ones of sheetlike material, such as fabric plies from a stack. The device comprises a frame supporting a picker mechanism which is secured thereto. The mechanism has a fabric engaging member having a flat picker surface. A plurality of angulated aligned needles are movable in and out of the surface by a movable support frame. Means is provided to displace the support frame and needles along an angulated fixed axis for engaging one or more upper ones of the sheet-like material in a stack of sheet-like material.</p> |