| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus far sequentially feeding elongated bodies, such as beams, timber, planks, or the like, one after the other from an uninterrupted layer of the bodies, wherein they are arranged in a row extending transversely of the row and directly engaging each other, to a conveyer. The layer of bodies are supported in such a way that the row of bodies is urged forwardly with an end body situated at the leading end of the row and engaged by the next body which in turn is engaged by the third body and so on. A stop structure engages the end body for temporarily holding the row against forward movement, and a moving structure is operatively connected with the stop structure for temporarily displacing the stop structure away from the end body at the leading end of the row to release the end body for movement away from the next body so as to create at least a small clearance between the end body and the next body. While this clearance exists a lifting structure engages the end body and lifts it away from the layer and deposits it on the conveyer. The moving structure then returns the stop structure back to its initial position for engaging the next body when it occupies the position previously occupied by the end body. These operations are repeated with respect to the next body, and so on. The apparatus is useful for feeding timber beams into a sorting machine.</p> |
