Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – Nongravity type
Patent
1995-02-09
1997-03-04
Underwood, Donald W.
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
Nongravity type
294116, 294 8161, B65G 5724
Patent
active
056072783
ABSTRACT:
An automatic loading and unloading system is provided for loading articles supplied from a first location at a rate commensurate with the rate at which articles are supplied from the first location into trays and for unloading the articles from the trays for transport to a second location at a rate commensurate with the demand for articles at the second location, and for balancing a supply of articles loaded onto trays with variations in both the rate of supply thereof and the rate of demand therefor. The system includes a tray loading station, and a tray loading apparatus for loading articles supplied from the first location into trays at tray loading station. An infeed device feeds articles to the loading apparatus in a predetermined, orderly fashion. At a stacking station, a stacking device stacks article-filled trays to form a supply thereof for use on demand. An outfeed device delivers articles on demand to the second location in a predetermined, orderly fashion. At an unloading station, an unloading apparatus unloads articles from article-filled trays to the outfeed device upon demand, such that article-filled trays may alternatively be stacked by the stacking device or delivered to the unloading station, in accordance with fluctuations in the supply and demand for articles at the first and second locations, respectively.
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Darr Robert E.
Mojden Andrew
Mojden Wallace W.
Fleetwood Systems. Inc.
Underwood Donald W.
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