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US 4,068,765 AGranted
Stacking of materials
AssigneeVanguard Machinery Corporation
InventorWilliam F. Pulda
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Abstract
A stacking assemblage fed from a conveyor which transports materials to a staging area. The materials are formed into a tier on a movable platen of the assemblage in accordance with a prescribed pattern. The platen can be raised or lowered to a desired level and then shifted to deposit each tier on an outboard conveyor until a desired multi-tier stack is formed.
Claims9
A stacking assemblage comprising
- a movable platen for supporting materials received at a first position;
- a guide member transversely movable with respect to said platen against which said materials are arranged in a tier in accordance with a prescribed pattern;
- means for transversely moving said guide member away from said tier;
- means for shifting said platen through the position previously occupied by said guide member to overlie a second position;
- said guide member being displacable in the direction of motion of said platen when said platen is shifted to overlie said second position;
- and
- the shifting means depositing said tier at said second position as a constituent of a multi-tier stack by drawing said tier against said guide member.
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A method of stacking materials comprising the steps of
- a. forming a tier of materials in a prescribed pattern from materials received at a first position upon a movable platen and against a guide member;
- b. retracting said guide member transversely with respect to said platen and shifting said platen with said tier thereon to overlie a second position;
- and
- c. moving said guide member in the direction of movement of said platen and depositing said tier at said second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.