Portable pallet apparatus
AssigneeThe B. F. Goodrich Company
InventorTroy E. Martindale, Jr.
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Abstract
A portable apparatus that can be wheeled to a pallet supported by a conveyor for selective removal of nails that interconnect the stringers with the deckboards. The portable apparatus has a platform that is moveable in a vertical direction to position the cutting means at the juncture of the stringer with the deckboards. Such apparatus has a pair of pivotal cutting means that are moveable toward each other into intermeshing contact to shear nails.
Claims6
A portable pallet nail shearing apparatus having a support frame with wheels thereon for movement to a work area, a platform mounted above said support frame, power means interconnecting said platform to said support frame and operative to selectively raise or lower said platform relative to said support frame a predetermimed distance, guide means mounted between said platform and said support frame to maintain vertical alignment therebetween, support means mounted on said platform for movement therewith, said support means has a cross brace with a pair of guide sleeves mounted thereon, each of said sleeves having a guide rod slidably received therein, a pair of laterally spaced tool holders mounted on said support means for pivotal movement toward and away from each other along a horizontal plane, power operated means mounted on said support means and operatively connected to said guide rods, said guide rods pivotably connected to said tool holders for pivoting said spaced tool holders upon actuation of said power actuating means, and each tool holder having a plurality of cutting tools that are moveable into and out of intermeshing engagement for shearing operation.
A portable pallet nail shearing apparatus having a support frame with wheels, a platform mounted above said support frame, power means interconnecting said platform to said support frame and operative to selectively raise or lower said platform relative to said support frame, guide means mounted between said platform and said support frame to maintain vertical alignment therebetween, support means mounted on said platform for movement therewith, a pair of laterally spaced tool holders mounted on said support means for pivotal movement toward and away from each other along a horizontal plane, power actuating means mounted on said support means for pivoting said spaced tool holders, each tool holder having a plurality of cutting tools that are moveable into and out of intermeshing engagement, said intermeshing portions of all of said cutting tools are triangular shaped in plan, each cutting tool having a pair of side edges and a base for attachment to said tool holder, all of said cutting tools on one of said tool holders having an upper portion and a lower portion that taper along their outer perimeter inwardly to define a groove along both side edges, all of said cutting tools in the other one of said tool holders having an upper portion and a lower portion that tapers along their outer perimeter outwardly to define a cutting edge along both sides that is adapted to mesh with adjacent grooves of said cutting tools of said one tool holder, said actuating means includes a pair of spaced rod connected to said tool holders and a hydraulic cylinder mounted on said support means, and said hydraulic cylinder operatively connected to said pair of spaced rods for pivoting said tool holders.
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