发明名称 |
PALLET HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD |
摘要 |
Apparatus (10) and methods for handling pallets (21), such as for inspection and sorting, are disclosed. In a disclosed embodiment, an up-ender (14) includes a support frame (30), a pallet-tilting mechanism (22) coupled in a pivotal manner to the frame (30), and first and second generally upright pusher arms (24a, 24b) coupled to the frame (30). The pallet-tilting mechanism (22) 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 (20) of pallets can be loaded onto the pallet-tilting mechanism (22) and when pivoted to the down position, the stack is rotated about 90° so that the pallets (21) become generally vertically oriented. The pallet-tilting mechanism (22) also is adapted to displace the stack (20) of vertically oriented pallets along a support surface (16). The pusher arms (24a, 24b) are positioned to receive the stack (20) of pallets from the pallet-tilting mechanism (22) and automatically index the pallets (21) in the stack (20) along the support surface (16).
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申请公布号 |
WO03095342(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2004.06.10 |
申请号 |
WO2003US14493 |
申请日期 |
2003.05.07 |
申请人 |
SMETS, ROBERT, D.;SMETS, 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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