Article conveying, grouping and storing apparatus

Details Article conveying, grouping and storing apparatus Article conveying, grouping and storing apparatus

1995-05-17

1997-04-01

Valenza, Joseph E.

Material or article handling

Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...

Stack forming apparatus

1984184, 198429, 198431, 4147947, B65G 5703

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056159943

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for conveying, grouping and storing flat articles includes a storing device which has a plurality of gondolas each having a plurality of vertically spaced, generally horizontally oriented, superposed storing shelves; a gondola support and conveying mechanism for carrying the gondolas and moving them in a predetermined travelling path; an input station situated along the travelling path for presenting the gondolas in succession to receive articles; and an output station situated along the travelling path for presenting the gondolas in succession to discharge articles. There are further provided a conveyor situated at the input station for advancing articles thereto and for placing articles on the storing shelves of the gondola dwelling in the input station; and a grouping device for removing articles from the superposed storing shelves of the gondola dwelling in the output station and for forming article stacks of the removed articles.

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