Material or article handling – Plural – static structures for supporting discrete loads and... – Load-underlying members
Patent
1996-12-16
1998-05-12
Keenan, James W.
Material or article handling
Plural, static structures for supporting discrete loads and...
Load-underlying members
414281, B65G 104
Patent
active
057496935
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed an apparatus for picking up a ream of packaged sheets of a desired kind from a plurality of reams of one or more kinds stacked up on a respective one of cells in an automated warehouse and loading the picked-up ream of packaged sheets on a pallet. In the invention, a pick-up device, having a picking, gripping and pulling mechanism and a discharging and stacking mechanism, is located at a position adjacent to a respective cell by traveling the pick-up device horizontally and/or vertically. The pallet is located at a prescribed position. The pick-up device is operated to pick-up the ream of packaged sheet of the desired kind from the plurality of reams of one or more kinds stacked up on a respective cell. Specifically, the picking, gripping and pulling mechanism is operated to pick upwards and grip the ream of packaged sheets to pull the same, and the pulling and piling mechanism is operated to withdraw the pulled ream of packaged sheets and stack the same on the pallet.
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Keenan James W.
Tokushu Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd.
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