US 2019/0375600 A1 · Pallet Auto Box

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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Dependent claims

A pallet auto box, comprising:

a first side wall and a second side wall;
an end wall;
and
a gate, the gate together with the first side wall, the second side wall, and the end wall forming a box on a conveyor;
wherein the end wall is raised above the conveyor to receive a pallet on the conveyor into the box for stacking items onto the pallet;
wherein the first side wall, the second side wall, the end wall, and the gate rise to maintain a border around the items during stacking on the pallet;
wherein the gate opens after the pallet is loaded so that the loaded pallet can be moved out of the box by the conveyor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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