Article pick and place device
OwnerStephen L. Hestoninventor
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Abstract
A top-picking palletizer and de-palletizer moves pallet layers along a fixed path by use of a single-dimension actuation system and top-picking lift head. The illustrated system includes an actuation assembly operated by a single reversible motor moving drive chains selectively in first and second directions. In a first direction, the lift head moves along the fixed path towards a first pick and place site and in the second direction moves along the fixed path toward a second pick and place site. By selectively engaging and disengaging the lift head, layers of items to be stacked or unstacked may be moved from one site to the other site, i.e., such as by palletizing and de-palletizing operations.
Claims5
An article pick and place device comprising:
- an article engaging device;
- a first site;
- a second site;
- a first transport moving along a fixed curvilinear path and including first and second similarly shaped curvilinear segments offset relative to one another in a first direction from said first site to said second site, said article engaging device being coupled to said transport at corresponding points of said first and second similarly shaped segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.