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AssigneeFoodmach Pty Ltd.
InventorsPeter Geoffrey Marks, Seyed Ali Mirfendereski, Justin Illingworth Hindle, Scott Alan Anderson, Kenneth James Orr, Dallas Andrew Coote
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A palletiser (10) including a conveyor (11) for conveying objects (14-18) to be palletised to a loading region (27) and a palletising head (26) which is movable between the loading region (27) and a palletising region (28). The palletising head (26) is rotatable and has first and second movable abutments (35, 36) which are oriented generally perpendicular to each other. Each movable abutment (35, 36) is movable relative to and independently of the other movable abutment (35, 36) in a manner to maintain the generally perpendicular orientation between them. The movable abutments (35, 36) are operable to engage surfaces of one or more objects (14-18) to be palletised in the loading region (27), the surfaces being generally perpendicular to each other. Upon that surface engagement, the palletising head (26) is operable to shift the objects (14-18) from the loading region (27) to the palletising region (28) and to orientate the objects (14-18) through rotation of the palletising head (26) to adopt a selected pattern of objects in the palletising region (28).
A palletiser including
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A palletising head for engaging objects to be palletised, the palletising head having first and second movable abutments which are oriented generally perpendicular to each other, each movable abutment being movable relative to and independently of the other movable abutment in a manner to maintain the generally perpendicular orientation between them, the movable abutments being operable to engage surfaces of one or more objects to be palletised, the surfaces being generally perpendicular to each other and to orientate the objects through rotation of the palletising head to adopt a selected pattern of objects in a palletising region.
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A method of palletising objects, the method including conveying objects to be palletised to a loading region, engaging the objects by a palletising head, the palletising head being rotatable and having first and second movable abutments which are oriented generally perpendicular to each other, each movable abutment being movable relative to and independently of the other movable abutment in a manner to maintain the generally perpendicular orientation between them, engaging surfaces of one or more objects to be palletised by the first and second movable abutments in the loading region, the surfaces being generally perpendicular to each other and upon that surface engagement, shifting the objects by the palletising head from the loading region to a palletising region and during that shift, orientating the objects through rotation of the palletising head to adopt a selected pattern of objects in the palletising region.
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