Pallet Auto Box
First Claim
1. A pallet auto box, comprising:
- a gate; and
at least one wall that raises and lowers adjacent a loading area for a pallet, the at least one wall raising to a first level to receive items on the pallet, the at least one wall raising to a second level to receive more items on the pallet;
wherein the at least one wall is raised to maintain a border around the loading area for the items to be stacked within the loading area on the pallet;
wherein the gate opens after the pallet has been loaded so that the loaded pallet can be moved out of the loading area and a next pallet can be moved into the loading area.
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Abstract
An example pallet auto box with robot palletizer includes a conveyor to move a pallet into a loading area adjacent a robot for loading bags onto the pallet. The example pallet auto box with robot palletizer also includes an auto box having at least one wall, and in an example four walls, that can be raised and lowered. The at least one wall is raised as the robot stacks bags onto the pallet to maintain a border around the edge of the pallet for the bags to be stacked on the pallet. At least one wall opens as a door or gate after the pallet has been loaded with bags so that the loaded pallet can be moved out of the loading area and a next pallet moved into the loading area. The at least one wall is lowered again for stacking bags onto the next pallet.
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20 Claims
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1. A pallet auto box, comprising:
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a gate; and at least one wall that raises and lowers adjacent a loading area for a pallet, the at least one wall raising to a first level to receive items on the pallet, the at least one wall raising to a second level to receive more items on the pallet; wherein the at least one wall is raised to maintain a border around the loading area for the items to be stacked within the loading area on the pallet; wherein the gate opens after the pallet has been loaded so that the loaded pallet can be moved out of the loading area and a next pallet can be moved into the loading area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A pallet auto box with robot palletizer, comprising:
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a conveyor to move a pallet into a loading area adjacent a robot arm loading bags onto the pallet; an auto box having four walls, the four walls raise during loading of the pallet to maintain a border around the edge of the pallet for the bags to be stacked on the pallet; and at least one of the four wall opening as a gate after the pallet has been loaded so that the loaded pallet can be moved out of the loading area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of operating a pallet auto box, comprising:
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positioning a pallet on a loading area adjacent items to be loaded onto the pallet; raising at least one wall of the auto box as the items are stacked onto the pallet to maintain a border around the edge of the pallet for the items to be stacked on the pallet to adjust for different heights by going higher as a stack of the items grows higher; and opening a door or gate of the auto box after the pallet has been loaded so that the loaded pallet can be moved out of the loading area. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification