发明名称 |
Apparatus and method of palletizing loose-piece articles |
摘要 |
A method and apparatus for moving loose-piece articles positioned on a slipsheet. A vacuum head is moved into proximity with the loose-piece articles positioned on a slipsheet. A vacuum is created which causes the slipsheet, and the loose-piece articles positioned thereon, to be drawn toward a surface of the vacuum head and maintained in such position as the vacuum head transports the slipsheet and the loose-piece articles positioned thereon. |
申请公布号 |
US9469490(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.10.18 |
申请号 |
US200912356950 |
申请日期 |
2009.01.21 |
申请人 |
Dyco, Inc. |
发明人 |
Yohe Peter D.;Cordingly Ronald H.;John Kevin K. |
分类号 |
B65G47/91;B65G57/00;B65G57/04 |
主分类号 |
B65G47/91 |
代理机构 |
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC |
代理人 |
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC |
主权项 |
1. A movable vacuum head for moving loose-piece articles positioned on a slipsheet, the movable vacuum head comprising:
a frame; a blower provided proximate the frame, the blower having an air intake member; a manifold having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface having an opening which receives the air intake member therein, the bottom surface having a plurality of openings which extend through the bottom surface and which are spaced over the entire surface area of the bottom surface; and movable walls extending from the frame and laterally surrounding the manifold, the walls positioned proximate the bottom surface of the manifold; wherein in response to loose-piece articles being arranged proximate to and beneath the bottom surface of the manifold and laterally surrounded by the movable walls and the blower activated, at least a portion of the plurality of openings are sized and arranged to uniformly draw air through throughways formed between adjacent loose-piece articles and through throughways formed between a perimeter of the arranged loose-piece articles and the movable walls; wherein when the vacuum head is moved into proximity with the loose-piece articles and the planar slipsheet and the movable walls engage the slipsheet, and the blower is activated, a vacuum chamber is created between the bottom surface of the manifold, the movable walls and the slipsheet which causes the slipsheet, and the loose-piece articles positioned thereon, to be drawn toward the bottom surface and maintained in such position as the movable vacuum head transports the slipsheet and the loose-piece articles positioned thereon. |
地址 |
Bloomsburg PA US |