| 摘要 |
<p>A conveyor (10) and a method for depalletizing and singulating packages. The conveyor comprises, in one version, a set-down conveyor (12) on which pallet layers (20) are deposited and conveyed, a row-separation conveyor (14) that separates the pallet layer (20) into spaced rows (22a), a row-extraction conveyor that extracts a leading row of packages from the trailing rows and conveys the packages of the extracted row in a transverse direction, and a singulating conveyor (18) that arranges the articles in a single file. The conveyor system operates by first pulling a gap in the leading row (22a) of a pallet layer (20) when the packages cross into the row- separation conveyor (14). Then the row is extracted from the other rows on the row-extraction conveyor (16). Finally, as the packages travel on and along the singulating conveyor (18), they are aligned to the conveyor's outer edge (56) and rotated, if necessary, to be properly singulated.</p> |
