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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266422 | Automated palletizing cases having mixed sizes and shapes A method for stacking cases on a pallet includes supplying cases to a buffer, determining physical characteristics of buffer cases including dimensions of a case base and case height, and determining available positions on the pallet where a buffer case can be place... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7143567 | Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of toilet paper and/or kitchen towel Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of paper comprising a bagging and/or forming machine adapted to sort packages of said rolls into batches or to bag said sorted loose packages in a plastic bag, and a palletizing station comprising at lease one manipulator pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6974300 | Sticker handling means for lumber stacking Sticker handling apparatus include an actuating assembly that operatively supports one or more sticker support brackets. The actuating assembly includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator is configured to impart motion to the sticker support ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 5844807 | Automated system and method for optimizing and palletizing articles A method and apparatus is disclosed for optimizing an arrangement of articles, such as stacks of paperboard sheets, into horizontal tiers, then stacking the horizontal tiers one on top another to form a rectangular-shaped unit, wherein the rectangular sha... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5730579 | Bundle feed apparatus for delivering multiple bundles to a load former A load forming apparatus is described for forming a load comprised of layers of bundles, in which first and second conveyors are configured to deliver individual first bundles of load components to individual respective first and second transfer stations.... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5540545 | Palletizing system A palletizing system adapted particularly to the formation of stacks of rectangular prismatic shaped articles utilizes a conventional vertical stacking station which is uniquely supplied with tiers of articles alternately formed on and deposited from oppo... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5163808 | Layer palletizing apparatus A device is provided for palletizing a variety of goods by layers. Goods are formed into a unit load by palletizing them layer-by-layer in a order of layer area dimensions from the bottom with consideration to layer area dimensions of goods, dimensions of... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5116191 | Method and article for stacking boxes on a pallet board Provided is (i) a method for reinforcing pallet board loads having internal ventilation channels and (ii) a pallet board brace useful in such method. The method comprises: (a) stacking each tier of the pallet board load in a preselected configuration such... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5004401 | Layer palletizing method This invention relates to a method of palletizing a variety of goods by layers and a device therefor. Goods are formed in a unit load by palletizing them layer by layer in the order of layer area dimensions from the bottom with due consideration to layer ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4913618 | Apparatus for loading and palletizing boxes and cartons, from an agricultural field An apparatus for field loading a plurality of containers onto a transport vehicle, comprises a platform disposed on a transport vehicle; a palletizer operably associated with the platform for progressively stacking a plurality of containers into a presele... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4878803 | Stick delivery apparatus Disclosed herein is apparatus for delivering separator sticks to a stacking station, which apparatus comprises a frame, a stick conveyor supported on the frame for movement between a stick supply station and a stick transfer station and including structur... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4610360 | Installation for stacking piles of lumber separated by sticks An installation for stacking piles of stick-separated sawn lumber, which includes a number of sink compartments to receive various kinds of lumber and a lumber conveyor in order to bring lumber from a loading point for unsorted lumber to the sink compartm... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4449883 | Contact positioning apparatus The contact positioning apparatus comprises a plurality of contact holding portions (11, 11') adapted to receive a series of contacts at a first pitch and to deliver the contacts to a second, different pitch. The portions (11, 11') are arranged in spaced ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4360100 | Apparatus for setting formed articles An apparatus for setting of formed articles is provided wherein a transport belt carries cross rows of closely located ceramic briquettes into the region of a provision for separating the briquettes. When the briquettes are separated the cross rows are mo... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4352616 | Device for arranging objects in stacking layers, for loading pallets A method and apparatus for grouping of objects such as books or the like to stacking layers for loading onto pallets wherein stacks of equal height are formed from the individual objects, and are conveyed sequentially for forming a stacking row, the lengt... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4336874 | Setting machine for spacing formed articles In a setting machine for spacing formed articles a conveyor belt provides closely spaced green bricks in longitudinal rows. The longitudinal rows are transferred to a setting support collecting the green bricks as a compact setting or a partial setting of... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4312440 | Brick setting apparatus Apparatus and method for spacing apart individual articles within row(s) of articles. Spacing is achieved by causing relative vertical movement between two lifting tables situated end to end with a roller table with lifting strips designed to move within ... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4292116 | Apparatus for mounting chip type circuit elements on a printed circuit board A method whereby chip type circuit elements are mounted at predetermined locations on a printed circuit board by a suction means and apparatus for performing the method are disclosed. The suction means picks up each circuit element from a respective stack... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4278377 | Method of and apparatus for stacking channel bars A succession of channel bars having widths that lie within a range below a predetermined maximum bar width is fed to a pickup station with the bars generally coplanar, parallel, and in edge contact. In the station a group of the bars is picked up by a pai... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4273489 | Process and apparatus for forming of set layers from brick blanks An improved process and apparatus for forming layers of bricks in which rows within the layer can have the same or differing orientations. The bricks are conveyed in closed or substantially closed rows along a first conveyor. Two other conveyor systems ar... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4264253 | Method and apparatus for forming a lumber stack and placing sticks between adjacent courses in the stack Method and apparatus for forming a stack of elongate articles, such as lumber, by vertically laying successive lumber courses and providing sticks between adjacent courses includes a conveyor operable for transferring a course to be stacked to a first sta... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4229133 | Lumber spacer and stick layer In abstract, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a lumber spacer which automatically separates lumber in parallel alignment, drops spacer sticks on top of the stacked lumber, and then stacks further lumber thereon. The stick layer portion o... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4204791 | Bale alignment device The bale row forming table of a three table type bale wagon has a bale alignment device cooperating therewith which acts to insure bale tiers of uniform dimensions by establishing bale rows of equal length, an effect achieved by monitoring the length of a... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204792 | Bale alignment mechanism actuating device A bale row forming table of a three table type bale wagon has an actuating lever which cooperates in detecting the length of a bale row and in repositioning the last bale of the row when a short row is detected. The actuating lever manipulates an electric... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4088231 | Apparatus for repositioning bales on a bale wagon A bale wagon has improved apparatus for repositioning selected bales on its second, tier-forming table so as to provide a generally even stack side on the bale loader side of the bale wagon. The apparatus includes a frame slidably mounted on the underside... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4055256 | Package stacking method and apparatus Method and apparatus whereby a predetermined number of packages are moved over a cushion of air into a horizontal row, following which the row is deposited on an elevator which is then depressed a distance equal to the thickness of the packages. This is r... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4022333 | Bale stacking apparatus Switches in an electrical control circuit are disposed in the path of bales being loaded by a pair of conveyors, and these switches control the operation of the conveyors such that bales are loaded on a platform and selectively positioned with the leading... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4014441 | Brick tie setting machine A novel and improved brick setting machine as disclosed, which is operable to automatically produce stacks of green brick suitable for firing and which have a high degree of stability to permit their being transported from one location to another by fork ... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4000820 | Method and apparatus for assembling layers of packages on a pallet A method and apparatus for arranging bags in layers with the sewn end of each bag in each layer facing inwardly of the layer and for depositing each layer on a pallet. Some bags are turned 180° and some bags are turned 90° while the bags are being conve... | 01/04/1977 |
