Material or article handling – Plural – static structures for supporting discrete loads and... – Load-underlying members
Patent
1992-02-03
1994-05-10
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Plural, static structures for supporting discrete loads and...
Load-underlying members
198408, 53539, 53537, 53246, 414786, 414331, 414278, B65G 110
Patent
active
053103009
ABSTRACT:
A rack packer for loading containers onto a rack comprises a loading station, a transfer station, an elevator, and a rack positioning means. The loading station receives and supports successive incoming rows of vertically oriented identical containers. The transfer station is positioned adjacent to the loading station. A starwheel at the transfer station is rotatably mounted about a transfer axis parallel to the successive rows of containers at the loading station. The starwheel has multiple sets of radial arms extending from the transfer axis to support individual containers of each row. The starwheel moves successive rows of containers from their vertical positions at the loading station upwardly to horizontal positions above the loading station. The elevator is located adjacent to the starwheel to receive multiple rows of horizontally oriented containers from the starwheel. The elevator vertically transports the rows of horizontally oriented containers to elevations corresponding to the elevations of supporting elements on a rack. The containers are then discharged into the awaiting rack. The rack positioning means is located adjacent the elevator. The rack positioning means and the elevator fix the position of the rack in alignment with the elevator.
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Crabb John A.
Garofano Gary M.
Eller Jr. James T.
Huppert Michael S.
R. A. Pearson Co.
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