Installation for stacking plate-like elements
AssigneeBoral B.V.
InventorCornelis Johannes Maria Bors
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Abstract
In an installation for stacking plate-like elements, in particular fibre plates, supplied on an infeed conveyor, a compact construction and rapid and reliable processing are obtained by a controlled level switch which takes an infed element into one of a number of buffer stations which are situated above one another, with downstream thereof a stacking station with a number of stacking units situated above one another, each with a controlled removable support, and below them a receiving support on which the elements, falling over a short distance, land.
Claims17
Installation for stacking successively infed plates, comprising:
- an infeed conveyor supporting the infed plates and moving said infed plates in a direction of plate conveyance, and
- a controlled level switch connected to the infeed conveyor and receiving said plates;
- a number of buffer stations which are situated above one another, each said buffer station for receiving a portion of said plates from said level switch;
- a stacking station with a number of stacking units above one another, each stacking unit including a frame extended from one of the buffer stations at a same vertical level, and each stacking unit having a controlled removable support vertically aligned with and separated by a respective gap from the respective end at the same level,
- a receiving support for receiving a completed stack of plates, said receiving support being alignable with said gaps and below said stacking units,
- infed plates being conveyed by way of the level switch alternately to the respective buffer stations and from there to the respective stacking units for support between said extended frames and said removable supports, the respective removable supports of the stacking units being released successively to permit stacked plates in said respective stacking unit to fall to said receiving support.
Installation for stacking successively infed plates, comprising:
- an infeed conveyor supporting the infed plates and moving said infed plates in a direction of plate conveyance, and
- a controlled level switch connected to the infeed conveyor and receiving said plates;
- a number of buffer stations which are situated above one another, each said buffer station for receiving a portion of said plates from said level switch;
- a stacking station with a number of stacking units above one another, each stacking unit connecting to one of the respective buffer stations, and each stacking unit having a controlled removable support,
- a receiving support for receiving a completed stack of plates, said receiving support being below said stacking units,
- infed plates being conveyed by way of the level switch alternately to the respective buffer stations and from there to the respective stacking units, the respective removable supports of the stacking units being released successively to permit stacked plates in said respective stacking unit to fall to said receiving support, wherein a plate support in a buffer station includes first and second endless belts placed alternately next to each other and driven around, the second belts being accommodated in a frame which is movable to and fro in said direction of plate conveyance, said plate in said buffer station being taken into the respectively connecting stacking unit and further including third endless conveyor belts which are driven around and are movable to and fro symmetrically relative to the second belts, each said buffer station being bounded by a controlled removable stop for the infed plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.