Method and unit for forming stacks of articles

Details Method and unit for forming stacks of articles Method and unit for forming stacks of articles

1996-12-27

1998-10-20

Young, Karen M.

Material or article handling

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

Stack forming apparatus

414786, 414789, 414795, 271179, 198625, B65H 2900, B65G 5730

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058237380

ABSTRACT:
A method and unit for forming stacks of articles, whereby the articles are conveyed on a conveying surface and in a first traveling direction to a pickup station, and are lifted successively in a second traveling direction, crosswise to the first direction, off the conveying surface at the pickup station and transferred on to a further surface, higher than the conveying surface, to form, on the higher surface, a stack presenting at least two superimposed, mutually contacting articles; the articles being conveyed and the stacks of articles being formed continuously and substantially seamlessly.

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