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US 2004/0115016 A1Published application
Pallet scuffing apparatus
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsJeff Hentges, Philip King, William J. Rehrig
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Abstract
A scuffing device (30) arranged to impart texture to a plastic pallet surface (12) having a plurality of cutting members (34) axially aligned and mounted adjacent each other, the cutting members (34) having radial toothed edges for cutting into and imparting texture to the plastic pallet surface upon rotating engagement therewith. The device further having a shaft upon which the cutting members are mounted for providing rotational movement to the cutting members.
Claims17
A process for imparting texture to a plastic pallet to produce slip resistant surfaces, the process comprising
- providing an upper deck of a plastic pallet, said upper deck having an outward facing load bearing surface and an inward facing fork-lift contactable surface;
- contacting at least said load bearing surface of said upper deck and optionally said fork-lift contactable surface of said upper deck with a scuffing device comprising
- at least one cutter bundle having a plurality of cutting members axially aligned and mounted adjacent each other, the cutting members having radial toothed edges for cutting into and imparting texture to a plastic pallet surface upon rotating engagement therewith;
- a drive shaft upon which the at least one cutter bundle is mounted for providing rotational movement to the at least one cutter bundle;
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- a carriage for imparting relative movement between said at least one cuter bundle and a plastic pallet surface, such that at least one surface of said upper deck is scuffed by said cutting members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.