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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6942444 | Skid positioning machine A stacking machine has a conveyor which supports skids onto which panels sheared from side-by-side strips of metal sheet fall, there to accumulate in stacks. As the stacks form, empty skids are organized on a skid positioning machine located to the side of the stack... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6579053 | Robotic containerization and palletizing system A robotic containerization and palletizing system having a multiple-fingered end effector. The system includes a frame that defines one or more cells. Each cell has one gantry-type robot, which is mounted in a set of tracks on top of the frame. The robot ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6561752 | Pallet and top frame handler for a palletizer and method of handling a pallet and top frame in a palletizer A palletizer for stacking a series of items on a pallet, the palletizer including a pallet hoist for supporting a stack of pallets therein; a pallet lift mechanism mounted for vertical movement within the pallet hoist adjacent to and relative to the stack... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6338607 | Pallet and top frame handler for a palletizer A palletizer (10) for stacking a series of items on a pallet (P), the palletizer (10) including a pallet hoist (34) for supporting a stuck of pallets therein; a pallet lift mechanism (82) mounted for vertical movement within the pallet hoist (34) adjacent... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6264421 | Apparatus for palletizing containers on a load carrier and/or depalletizing containers The invention relates to a method for palletizing packing drums (7) on a load platform (P), especially barrels, kegs or the like in substantially cylindrical or barrel-shaped receptacles, and/or for depalletizing the packing drums. The inventive method pr... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6152681 | Container sweep for a palletizer and method A palletizer assembly including a sweep assembly including a frame having a pair of generally parallel side members and a pair of cross members extending between respective ends of the side members, the sweep assembly also including a pair of forward stan... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6135704 | Layer-picking clamp supported on a forklift truck A layer-picking clamp mountable on a truck has clamp arms extending downwardly from and movably mounted to an upper frame section. The clamp arms are linearly movable with respect to the upper frame section in laterally inward and outward directions so th... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5895200 | Devices and methods for loading and unloading lumber for drying An apparatus for loading lumber onto pallets so as to provide a stack of lumber layers separated by pallets for drying in a kiln, and for dismantle after drying includes a first elongated lumber-carrying conveyor, an elongated pallet-loading structure pos... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5647725 | Method for preparing a sheet stack for processing in a sheet-processing machine A method and apparatus for preparing a sheet stack for automated processing, wherein a sheet stack and transportation pallet are deposited on a system pallet, the resulting stack is manipulated to a release position where the transportation pallet is free... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5599160 | Apparatus and method for putting cassettes into trays A plurality of tape cassettes fed in succession from a conveyor are oriented vertically on an end stretch of the conveyor itself terminating at a position in side by side relation with a tiltable collection element. The cassettes are pushed laterally from... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5596863 | Method and apparatus for applying edge protectors A strapping system in which edge protectors are disposed between a load and tensioned strapping applied about the load in a strapping station. Edge protector applicator assemblies located on opposite sides of the load position edge protectors adjacent top... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5419676 | Pile board inserting method A method of piling sheets arriving from a printing press in a continuous sequence involves stacking the sheets on a first pile board in a first piling unit, and while the assembly of the stack of sheets is progressing, inserting a pile board into another ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5415520 | Apparatus for loading drums on pallets Apparatus for loading drums onto pallets including a support frame having a first area where the drums are moved to predetermined loading positions and a second area where drums may be placed on pallets for further handling. The frame supports a carriage ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5375967 | Method and apparatus for palletizing and depalletizing The palletizing and retrieval from palletized storage of stacks of printing works products, folded sheets of paper for example, is facilitated by associating an upper and a lower interleaf sheet with each layer of stacks of the products. This provides a p... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5336041 | Storage and retrieval device and method for imbricated planar articles A device for stacking and destacking a stream of imbricated, substantially planar, flexible units to form or destack a layered stack. The device is a stacker, adapted to receive a stream of units from a source thereof, and a plurality of transfer sheets. ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5328322 | Method and device for loading stacks of sheet material into a packaging machine feeding unit Method for loading stacks of sheet material into a packaging machine feeding unit, including the transfer of pallets for carrying the stacks of sheet material onto supporting plates, which are rotatably mounted on a fixed frame of the feeding unit and whi... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5261781 | Automated palletizer An automated palletizer is described for stacking bagged materials, comprising a support frame including an indexing area, a pallet magazine and a pallet lift assembly located in close, proximal, sequential relationship to each other.... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5257895 | Arrangement for feeding a two-way pallet onto a roller path An arrangement is provided for a roller conveyor for efficiently accommodating two-way pallets. The arrangement includes a interim parking station in proximity to the initial and/or final end region of the roller conveyor. The interim parking station incl... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5240369 | Apparatus for stacking sheets A moveable skid is provided to sense the height of a pallet fed to a raisable and lowerable platform. The skid determines the height of the pallet before it is fed to a raisable and lowerable platform of a sheet stacking apparatus so that the position of ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5139388 | Load former--palletizer A machine receives packages in bundles and transports them over a series of conveyors to arrange them in suitable layers for stacking into solid stacks or loads of predetermined form or arrangement for palletizing or other conveying means. Each conveyor p... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5135351 | Palletized storage method and apparatus A method of palletizing and depalletizing stacks of products in continuous, layer-by-layer succession, the products being substantially flat and thin, such as folded sheets of paper, in which a fully automatic mode of operation is achieved by depositing t... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5123796 | Workload regulator for automated production The present invention relates generally to improved apparatus for mass production manufacturing, and in a presently preferred form, to an apparatus for dynamically regulating input and output workloads to achieve efficient operations.... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5118243 | Pallet load transfer method and apparatus A frame includes a plate mounted thereon for driving movement along the frame. A captive pallet having a load thereon is staged onto the frame. The plate drives into an edge of the captive pallet thus driving the pallet from beneath the load and shifting ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5102282 | Unit load transfer device and method An apparatus and method for transferring a unit load from one pallet to another pallet or slip sheet without creasing the containers constituting the unit load. In one embodiment the unit load containing pallet and the empty pallet are aligned side-by-sid... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5066190 | Device to palletize yarn packages Device to palletize yarn packages which is suitable for installation downstream of machines (11-111) that produce yarn packages, such as winding machines, fly frames, finishing machines, open-end spinning machines, two-for-one twisting machines, etc., the... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5035571 | Assembly for palletizing cross-wound bobbins In an apparatus for setting down cross-wound bobbins into a transport container, preferably onto a pallet, cross-wound bobbins are received at a transfer position with a programmable apparatus, such as a programmable palletizing apparatus. A plurality of ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5009408 | Continuous feed board inserter A board inserter for use with a conveyor belt system provides for the automatic insertion of paper boards, or like materials, into a continuous stream of shingled paper sheets moving along the conveyor belt system. The boards are inserted into the shingle... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4993907 | Stacking equipment Stacking equipment for stacking products such as boxes or cartons in lay-flat form onto pallets, comprising a receiving conveyor (1) means (6, 7, 8) thereon for collecting a batch of products together in predetermined disposition, and a push plate (11) fo... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4966271 | Apparatus for conveying a transport platform to a lifting table of a stacking station The apparatus conveys a transport platform to a lifting table of a stacking station where panels are stacked on the transport platform after the transport platform has been positioned horizontally on the lifting table. For a simple quick transfer an empty... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4964782 | Pallet dispensing machine with latch mechanism A palley dispensing machine with latch mechanism for the same machine. A plurality of pallets are positioned in an upright movable frame positioned in a stationary frame. The latch mechanism holds the stack of pallets as the movable frame is lowered and s... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4955782 | Device to palletize yarn packages A device to palletize yarn packages is a device which may be installed downstream from yarn package production machines such as winding machines, speed frames, finishing machines, open-end spinning machines, and two-for-one twisting frames. The yarn packa... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4938656 | Feed equipment for supplying a machine unit with commodities arranged in substantially parallelepiped groups The equipment is installed between a device by which single commodities are arranged into groups of parallelepiped shape, having one or more layers, and an in-line machine unit by which the groups are to be handled. Proceeding toward the machine unit, eac... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4929147 | Process for conveying a transport platform to a lifting table of a stacking station The process of conveying a transport platform to a lifting table of a stacking station where panels are stacked on the transport platform after the transport platform has been positioned horizontally on the lifting table. For a simple quick transfer an em... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4902195 | Device for automatically piling up flat elements A device for piling successive layers of batches of blanks such as cardboard box blanks on a support surface characterized by a vertically movable table positioned to receive a layer of batches from a delivery conveyor and being movable from the level of ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4820102 | Arrangement for and method of stacking blanks An arrangement in a press feed line for picking up and conveying metal blanks at generally the same rate of speed they exit speed from the press, and automatically stacking them on a stacker car, or the like. The stacker car has a rotatable base supportin... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4809965 | Sheet transfer device and method A sheet transfer device and method are disclosed for transferring sheets from a sheet stack to a utilization area such as a can pallet. A base unit causes pivoting of a beam about a moveable pivot point so that a sheet picked up from the sheet stack is mo... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808057 | Workload regulator for automated production A workload regulator for controlling the flow of articles between work stations at which the articles are produced. The apparatus receives a continuous flow of articles on various inbound tracks, subdivides the continuous flow into individual arrays or groups ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4778323 | Bag palletizing system and method Apparatus for assembling products such as bagged particulate material, into a multi-tiered stack upon a pallet, is designed to substantially eliminate relative movement between the articles and article supporting surfaces of the apparatus during the stack... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4764074 | Pallet loading apparatus An apparatus for placing a load of stacked articles on a pallet. This apparatus comprises a conveyor having a series of spaced rollers and a bridge structure spanning the conveyor. Two load lifting structures hang vertically from the bridge structure, one... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4743154 | Pallet inspection and repair system A pallet repair and inspection system includes pallet destacking apparatus for automatically dispensing pallets from stack of vertical pallets one at a time and discharging the pallets onto an inspection table. The destacking apparatus includes a vertical... | 05/10/1988 |
