Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Stack forming apparatus
Patent
1991-01-22
1992-04-21
Spar, Robert J.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Stack forming apparatus
414331, 414273, 414280, 414661, 901 47, B65G 106
Patent
active
051062593
ABSTRACT:
An automated rack loading system for loading trays of products, especially bakery products, into racks for transport by delivery trucks. An empty transport rack is brought to the loader, and its shelf structure is scanned on each side to locate shelf brackets and to detect any left-over trays still residing on the supposedly empty rack. The precise height of each bracket on each side is noted, and pairs of brackets are compared to determine vertical height differentials, missing brackets, and damaged brackets. Filled trays are advanced on a conveyor to the loader station, where individual trays are loaded into a lift mechanism having lift brackets capable of carrying trays from the lowermost rack shelf position to the uppermost. A loading program, based on the original scan of the transport rack, moves flights of the lift mechanism, filled with trays, to the nearest available open rack position. A pusher mechanism is moved independently to a position opposite the selected open rack position and pushes the selected tray into the rack. While the transport rack is being loaded, additonal trays are being delivered to and pre-loaded onto the lift mechanism. Automated loading of transport racks is possible, even though successive racks are of non-standard configuration.
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Anderson Roger
Burgess Stephen
Keenan James
Robotic Originals, Inc.
Spar Robert J.
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