发明名称 |
PALLET HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD |
摘要 |
<p>Apparatus and methods for handling pallets, such as for inspection and sorting, are disclosed. In a disclosed embodiment, an up-ender includes a support frame, a pallet-tilting mechanism coupled in a pivotal manner to the frame, and first and second generally upright pusher arms coupled to the frame. The pallet-tilting mechanism is pivotable between an up position and a down position, such that when the pallet-tilting mechanism is in the up position, an upright stack of pallets can be loaded onto the pallet-tilting mechanism and when pivoted to the down position, the stack is rotated about 90° so that the pallets become generally vertically oriented. The pallet-tilting mechanism also is adapted to displace the stack of vertically oriented pallets along a support surface. The pusher arms are positioned to receive the stack of pallets from the pallet-tilting mechanism and automatically index the pallets in the stack along the support surface.</p> |
申请公布号 |
EP1511681(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.03.09 |
申请号 |
EP20030750099 |
申请日期 |
2003.05.07 |
申请人 |
SMEETS, ROBERT D.;SMEETS, JOHN S. |
发明人 |
SMETS, ROBERT, D.;SMETS, JOHN, S. |
分类号 |
B65G25/10;B65G57/28;B65G59/08;(IPC1-7):B65G47/22 |
主分类号 |
B65G25/10 |
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