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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8007224 | Depalletizing device The invention relates to a depalletizing device comprising a carriage as well as a friction roller attached to the carriage, which friction roller is rotatable about a horizontal rotation axis and is coupled to a rotational drive in order to rotate. The carriage can... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7137233 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a load An apparatus and method for wrapping a palletized load is provided. The apparatus includes a non-powered conveyor load wrapping surface, at least one non-powered conveyor load storage surface, and a pusher assembly for moving the load between the wrapping and storag... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7048492 | Method and device for picking up stacks of blanks A method and device for picking up stacks of blanks, arranged in at least one layer on a separating sheet having a peripheral portion projecting outwards of the layer; the stacks are removed successively by a pickup member, a free end of which is pressed onto the se... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6059514 | Method and apparatus for slipsheet palletizing of merchandise units System, method, and apparatus for carrying out the multi-level stacking and moving of merchandise units using lift trucks configured for slipsheet palletizing. The system employs a blocking assembly in conjunction with slipsheets employed for such warehou... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5489185 | Pallet load unloader and feeder A pallet unloading apparatus for removing stacks from a pallet has a conveyor for conveying a pallet in front of a pusher mechanism and a stop member then stops the pallet. The pusher mechanism is activated to push the stacks one at a time off of the pall... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5480279 | Gripper for handling and storing products in roll form A gripper for handling printed product rolls and empty roll cores is used for intermittently storing printed products wound on roll cores. The gripper has a central piece (10), which is fixed to a conveying or transporting device and which carries a gripp... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5478202 | Case separating apparatus In a case separating apparatus, wherein groups of cases arranged in rows on a carrying conveyor and supported by a supporting device, are moved to an unloading device where a row of groups of cases are unloaded onto a separating apparatus where the bottom... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5411363 | Case unloading apparatus The invention presents a case unloading apparatus for mechanically loading or unloading cases formed in square, trapezoid or other shapes, in which: case groups of plural rows stacked up on a pallet are aligned in an unloading direction, transferred on an elev... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5320480 | Goods handling method and apparatus thereof A goods handling method includes the steps of sequentially taking out a desired number of goods from a group of accumulation of goods formed of a plurality of goods accumulated in a height direction, a plurality of goods accumulated in a depth direction, ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5314297 | Method and apparatus for stack separator and restacker A stack separator and restacker comprises a conveyor, a splitting bar, a multiplicity of lifting bars and hydraulic controls to operate them. The stack separator and restacker splits a stack or package of rigid elongated members, such as lumber, into smal... | 05/24/1994 |
| 4640657 | Carton loading method and system A method for loading a stack of filled cartons onto a transport vehicle includes lifting the cartons at the first station on a rotator lift truck and then rotating the cartons through an acute angle to cradle the cartons for carrying purposes. The cartons... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4452353 | Apparatus for separating stacks placed on stack feed conveyor An apparatus for separating a stack consisting of, for example, a multiplicity of blank materials piled one on another from the remaining plurality of stacks placed on a stack feed conveyor. The stack separating apparatus is arranged at an intermediate po... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4242029 | Poultry coop handling system An apparatus for receiving a plurality of tiers of poultry coops containing live birds at an unloading area and automatically handling the coops to unload the birds therefrom at a location outside the hang room. A lay down unit accepts the coops one tier ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4051958 | Pallet unloading and orienting device A novel device is described for unloading and orienting articles, such as cartons, stacked in tiers on a pallet. The device includes a tiltable pallet receiver which receives a loaded pallet in horizontal position and then tilts the pallet and tiered arti... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4037734 | Method and apparatus for depalletizing A method and apparatus are disclosed for unloading a pallet stacked with inverted, bottom-open cases of bottles to be filled. The loaded pallet is placed on a pivotable support frame which embraces the top, bottom, and one or three sides of the loaded pal... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4018351 | Apparatus for handling bundles of sheets Apparatus for handling bundles of sheets and having a pivotal pallet holder which receives the pallet and bundles of sheets in a prone position and which tips them to an upstanding position and onto a conveyor adjacent the holder. The upstanding bundles o... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3946880 | Apparatus for disassembling a layered stack of articles Apparatus for receiving a stack of articles, such as rectangular cartons, disposed in a plurality of substantially horizontal layers and successively removing layers from the stack. The apparatus includes a bottom support onto which the stack may be conve... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3934734 | Bale wagon A bale wagon adapted to pick up bales and form them into a composite stack and further adapted to unload individual bales from the formed stack in single bale fashion. The bale wagon basically comprises a load rack, a slightly forwardly inclined transfer ... | 01/27/1976 |
