Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Including work conveyer
Patent
1998-05-18
2000-12-05
Hughes, S. Thomas
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Including work conveyer
29239, B23P 1900
Patent
active
06154955&
ABSTRACT:
A machine for removing deckboards from pallets includes a table assembly that establishes a working surface upon which a pallet can be placed and a pair of spaced, parallel, elongate frame members that are spaced from the working surface. The frame members are spaced apart a distance greater than the width of a stringer and are adapted to fit into the spaces between adjacent stringers. A paddle is included as part of each of the frame members, the paddle being movable from a retracted position where the paddle is disposed within the frame member and an extended position where the paddle moves outside the frame member and contacts a deckboard so as to move it relative to the stringers. A hydraulic cylinder moves the paddles between the retracted and extended positions. Preferably, the paddles are hinged for movement such that the deckboards are gradually pried from the stringers in order to minimize damage to the deckboards or stringers as the deckboards are removed. The machine includes movable hold-down bars that prevent a pallet from moving during a deckboard removal operation.
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Hughes S. Thomas
Nguyen Trinh T.
Pallet Recycling, Inc.
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