Method for controlling the flow of articles and pallets in a con

Details Method for controlling the flow of articles and pallets in a con Method for controlling the flow of articles and pallets in a con

1978-06-12

1980-12-02

Sheridan, Robert G.

Material or article handling

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

Stack forming apparatus

193 35A, 414276, B65G 13075

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042368650

ABSTRACT:
In a system wherein pallets and their loads are conveyed along paths to one or more unloading stations, a method of preventing piling up at the station and of load-shifting of stopped pallets, comprising the step of, in sequence, sensing the arrival of a pallet at the unloading station, applying a braking force to the underside of an arriving upstream pallet at an upstream position so as to decelerate it gradually and safely to a stop at a distance from the unloading station pallet, unloading the pallet from the unloading station and relieving the braking force from the upstream pallet so it can be conveyed onto the unloading station. The apparatus is in the form of a holdback assembly having a feeler assembly adjacent the unloading station responsive to a pallet or article moving into the unloading station for actuating a brake assembly to apply a braking force to the underside of the upstream pallet or to the engageable surface of the upstream article. The inertial energy of a downstream pallet or article moving into the unloading station provides the energy for actuating the brake assembly.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2565001 (1951-08-01), Schutt
patent: 3532201 (1970-10-01), McConnell
patent: 3627092 (1971-12-01), Fleischauer
patent: 3891073 (1975-06-01), Coleman et al.

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