Material or article handling – Load-transporting type vehicle and external means... – Power-driven conveyor for loading a wheeled vehicle
Patent
1995-08-01
1998-02-10
Keenan, James W.
Material or article handling
Load-transporting type vehicle and external means...
Power-driven conveyor for loading a wheeled vehicle
414399, 414400, B65G 57112
Patent
active
057161844
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are provided for unloading packages from a conveyor and then stacking the packages in rows on the floor of a shipping container. A package loader is disposed at the discharge end of the conveyor and is moveable with the conveyor into different positions between the forward and aft ends of the shipping container. The package loader includes a frame. A transfer table is mounted to the frame and aligned for receiving packages from the conveyor and supporting the packages as a person arranges the packages in rows extending across the width of the shipping container. A horizontal platform is mounted to the frame forward of the transfer table. The platform is moveable to selected elevations to first align the platform for receiving packages from the conveyor and transfer table, with the packages arranged in rows, and then to align the platform for transferring the rows of the packages onto the floor of the shipping container. The platform is also moveable between rearward and forward positions for extending forward of the frame. An extendable arm is carried by the frame, for aligning adjacent to the rearward end of the platform when the platform is in the forward position. The arm then retains from moving rearward packages stacked upon the platform as the platform is moved rearward, from the forward to the rearward positions, and out from underneath the packages to stack the packages on the floor of the shipping container.
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Batchelder David
Lowe Gary
Bradley James E.
Fluid Lifting Systems, Inc.
Keenan James W.
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