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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING ARTICLES, PIECE GOODS AND/OR CONTAINERS WITHIN AT LEAST TWO CONVEYING PATH SECTIONS

  • US 20180229948A1
  • Filed: 11/02/2015
  • Published: 08/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A palletizing apparatus (10) for conveying articles (16), piece goods, and/or bundles (18) and/or palletizable article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20), comprising:

  • at least two conveyor line sections (12, 14) including one or more handling stations, grouping stations, and/or transfer stations (32, 33, 40, 44, 48, 50) located consecutively in a conveying direction (28, 29), anda central loading station (24), wherein the at least two conveyor line sections (12, 14) lead into the central loading station (24)a common loading place (25) for stacking and/or palletizing the article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20) on top of each other, andat least two vertically adjustable support surfaces and/or conveying surfaces (52) are associated with the central loading station (24), wherein the at least two vertically adjustable support surfaces and/or conveying surfaces (52) form parts of, or are arranged downstream in the conveying direction (28, 29) from, the transfer stations (48, 50) of the at least two conveyor line sections (12, 14), andwherein the central loading station (24) is located between the vertically adjustable support surfaces and/or conveying surfaces (52) of the transfer stations (48, 50), which is suppliable alternately by the at least two support surfaces and/or conveying surfaces (52) with article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20) to be palletized.

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