Pallet positioning station and associated methods
AssigneeCHEP Technology Pty Limited
InventorsDwight Bryan Whitfield, SR., Paul Barnswell, James Koonce, Matthew Wood, Mohammad Ansari
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Abstract
A pallet positioning station for positioning a pallet to be impacted by a pallet impact station includes a pallet push arm assembly adjacent the pallet impact station. The pallet push arm assembly includes a pallet push arm movable between a retracted position and a pallet positioning position. A controller is configured to move the pallet push arm to the retracted positions to receive the pallet for positioning, and move the pallet push arm to the pallet positioning position to position the pallet towards the pallet impact station for impact.
Claims20
A pallet positioning station for positioning a pallet to be impacted by a pallet impact station, and comprising:
- a pallet push arm assembly adjacent the pallet impact station and comprising a pallet push arm movable between a retracted position and a pallet positioning position;
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- a controller configured to perform the following:
- move said pallet push arm to the retracted positions to receive the pallet for positioning, and
- move said pallet push arm to the pallet positioning position to position the pallet towards the pallet impact station for impact.
A pallet positioning station comprising:
- a pallet push arm movable between a retracted position and a pallet positioning position;
- a movement sensor configured to generate a signal corresponding to movement of said pallet push arm when in the pallet positioning position;
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- a controller configured to perform the following:
- move said pallet push arm to the retracted position to receive the pallet for positioning, and
- move said pallet push arm to the pallet positioning position to position the pallet towards a pallet impact station based on the generated signal reaching a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.