Pallet stripper apparatus
OwnerEnzo Benvenutoinventor
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Abstract
A pallet stripper apparatus includes a pair of guide arm assemblies each of which includes a pair of guide arms pivotally supported for movement between closely spaced generally parallel positions and outwardly biased inclined positions. The guide arm assemblies define lead ends adapted to be inserted into an open end of a pallet between opposing pallet boards such that transverse shear blades carried by the guide arm assemblies are automatically positioned to shear the pallet board fasteners at the interface of the pallet boards with associated runners.
Claims17
Apparatus for stripping pallets of the type which include at least two runners having opposite longitudinal mounting surfaces, and a plurality of pallet boards affixed to each of the opposite mounting surfaces by shearable fastener means which pass through the interface between each pallet board and the runners;
- said apparatus comprising, in combination, guide arm means including at least one pair of guide arms defining leading ends, means supporting said pair of guide arms for pivotal movement relative to each other between generally parallel positions and outwardly inclined positions forming a generally V-shaped relation therebetween, means biasing said guide arms toward their said outwardly inclined positions, and at least one elongated shearing blade supported by a selected one of said guide arms in transverse relation thereon, said shearing blade being operative to shear the fastening means at the interface of the pallet boards mounted on the corresponding selected ones of said runner mounting surfaces during relative movement between said pallet stripping apparatus and a pallet such that the lead ends of said guide arms are introduced between pallet boards on opposite mounting surfaces of the runner.
A system for stripping pallets of the type which include at least two runners having opposite longitudinal mounting surfaces, and a plurality of pallet boards affixed to each of the opposite mounting surfaces by shearable fastener means which pass through the interface between each pallet board and the runners;
- said system comprising, in combination, pallet stripper apparatus including guide arm means having at least one pair of guide arms defining leading ends, means supporting said pair of guide arms for pivotal movement relative to each other between generally parallel positions and outwardly inclined positions forming a generally V-shaped relation therebetween, means biasing said guide arms toward their said outwardly inclined positions, and at least one elongated shearing blade supported by a selected one of said guide arms in transverse relation thereon, pallet support means for supporting a pallet in a plane generally coplanar with a median plane passing between said guide arms when in their said generally parallel positions and with corresponding pallet boards adjacent one end of the pallet positioned to receive the leading ends of said guide arms therebetween, and feed means for effecting relative movement between said pallet support means and said stripper apparatus so as to effect entry of said lead ends of said guide arms between said corresponding pallet boards in a manner to effect shearing of the fastener means at the interface of at least one of said corresponding pallet boards with the associated runners.
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