Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Stack forming apparatus
Patent
1978-06-12
1979-08-14
Sheridan, Robert G.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Stack forming apparatus
B60P 136, B60P 300
Patent
active
041642953
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for laying sod comprising a wheeled frame which is propelled and steered by means of an engine which drives hydraulic motors connected to the drive wheels thereof. A sod platform is pivotally mounted adjacent its forward end to the wheeled frame and may be raised from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position by means of a hydraulic cylinder connected thereto. A fork-like support is provided at the forward end of the platform and is adapted to be inserted into a sod pallet when the platform is in the vertical position. As the platform is moved to the horizontal position, the sod members are positioned on the platform at the forward end thereof. A first conveyor is movably mounted on the platform to convey the sod members towards the rearward end of the platform. An upstanding support is secured to the conveyor for movement therewith for maintaining the sod members in a substantial upstanding position on the conveyor. A guide is provided at the rearward end of the frame for guiding the sod members leaving the rearward end of the first conveyor onto the ground. A second conveyor is provided at the rearward end of the first conveyor for moving the sod members from the rearward end of the first conveyor onto the guide. The method of this invention comprises the steps of:
REFERENCES:
patent: 1517715 (1924-12-01), DeGeus
patent: 3631992 (1972-01-01), Dickinson
patent: 3982711 (1976-09-01), Bradley et al.
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