摘要 |
An apparatus for fully automatically assembling single pieces in stacks by means of a pair of stacking devices in which several single pieces are arranged side by side in the form of a layer and several layers are formed one on top of another, then wrapping and sealing such stacks in synthetic sheet by means of a sheet packing device, then stacking such stacks one on top of another stack or stacking several stacks on top of each other to form compound stacks by means of one or several stacking devices, then assembling such compound stacks into blocks of sizes corresponding substantially to the dimensions of the interior cargo space of a container by means of a transfer and storage conveyor, and finally sliding such blocks into the containers. In one embodiment, the stacks are wrapped in plastic sheet prior to compound stacking. Two containers may be loaded alternately. The apparatus comprises various conveyors and transfer devices for feeding the single pieces, the stacks, the compound stacks and the assembled blocks through the apparatus to tilting frames on which the containers may be mounted. The drive means of the various devices and conveyors may be coupled through control means to a common program controller.
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