Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Removes intersupporting article from row
Patent
1997-03-05
1999-08-10
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Removes intersupporting article from row
414797, 4147973, 414907, 198577, 221 39, 271150, 271 311, B65G 5900
Patent
active
059348666
ABSTRACT:
A plate handling apparatus (10) including a plate feeder (12) for sequentially advancing a stack of plates (11) and a pick-up assembly (14) for successively removing the forwardmost plate from the stack is disclosed. The plate feeder (12) includes a conveyor (18), a pair of clutches (22,24), and a crank assembly (26) for moving the stack a first distance toward the pick-up assembly and for subsequently moving the stack a second, slightly shorter distance away from the pick-up assembly before the pick-up assembly removes the forwardmost plate from the stack. This consecutively feeds the stack of plates towards the pick-up assembly so that the forwardmost plate in the stack can be removed from the stack by the pick-up assembly. This also provides a gap between the stack of plates and the pick-up assembly immediately before the pick-up assembly removes the forwardmost plate from the stack for preventing the removed plate from striking the remaining plates in the stack.
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Bucci David A.
Gelco International L.L.C.
Hess Douglas
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