Apparatus for positioning and orienting palletized articles

摘要

Palletized articles are formed in tiers having edges set back from the edges of the supporting pallet or separator sheet by transporting a number of articles into a positioning area defined on three sides by positioning guides to form the articles into an appropriately dimensioned tier, lowering the tier and retracting the positioning means to permit placement of the separator sheet on top of the tier, and repositioning of the positioning means with concurrent proper positioning of the separator sheet and a final orientation of the lowered tier from four sides, the device for accomplishing the positioning and orientation being articulated in the lower, orienting portion to accommodate the situation in which the initial tier is placed directly on a pallet and the pallet occupies the lower position being of a dimension substantially larger than that of the lower tier.