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Palletizing system

  • US 5,540,545 A
  • Filed: 04/07/1995
  • Issued: 07/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for forming a vertical stack of multiple tiers of articles, each tier in turn formed of a plurality of rows of the articles, said system comprising:

  • a stack forming station in which tiers are sequentially deposited;

    a first tier forming station in which first tiers of articles are formed;

    a first conveyor system on which articles are arranged in a row and the row positioned in the first tier forming station;

    said first tier forming station including a first transfer sheet adjacent a lateral edge of said first conveyor system and onto which individual rows sequentially positioned in said first tier forming station are sequentially moved;

    means for incrementally indexing said first transfer sheet away from the lateral edge of said first conveyor system in a direction transverse to the row positioned in said first tier forming station by a distance equal to the width of said row;

    means for sequentially moving individual rows onto the transfer sheet to form a first tier; and

    ,means for moving the transfer sheet into the stack forming station to deposit the tier therein.

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