Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Positions intersupporting article into row
Patent
1999-04-06
2000-06-27
Morse, Gregory A.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Positions intersupporting article into row
4147989, 209942, 209702, 198406, B65G 4727
Patent
active
060799390
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for handling pallets for inspection and sorting includes an in-feed conveyor mechanism for conveying in index fashion a stack of pallets positioned on edges toward the discharge end of the conveyor whereby the pallets will drop off the discharge end one at a time. A catch plate is provided to catch a pallet as it falls off the end of the in-feed conveyor and permit it to tilt about its lower edge onto an off-bearing conveyor. A retractable cushion arm is provided on the off-bearing conveyor to interrupt the motion of the tilting pallet and lower it gently onto the second conveyor. The exposure of a pallet face at the time it is at the end of the in-feed conveyor permits visual examination of such face, the opposite face being exposed for examination when the pallet tilts onto the off-bearing conveyor. The apparatus enhances the rapidity with which pallets can be handled and reduces necessity for manual handling of pallets.
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SMETCO brochure "Pallet Lay-Down Arm " published prior to 1998.
Statement: Prior Sales Activity with Respect to Application Invention.
Morse Gregory A.
Smetco, Inc.
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