Automatic rack loader
AssigneePoly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
InventorEggo L. Haschke
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Abstract
An apparatus and system for loading items onto a rack is described. The rack loading apparatus is a conveyor having a loading side for receiving items and an unloading side for discharging items, a positioner to align a rack with the unloading side; and a load pusher to discharge the items from the unloading side onto the rack. The system is a sausage-making stuffer/clipper, a belt conveyor, a conveyor having a loading side for receiving sausages and an unloading side for discharging sausages, a positioner to align a rack with the unloading side; and a load pusher to discharge the sausages from the unloading side onto the rack.
Claims8
An apparatus for loading items onto a rack having a plurality of trays, comprising:
- a rotary conveyor having a loading side for receiving items and an unloading side for discharging items;
- a positioner to align the rack with said unloading side;
- a load pusher to discharge the items from said unloading side onto said rack, said load pusher comprising a plurality of tabs extending on a rotatable arm;
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- a loader for moving the items onto said rotary conveyor, said loader comprising a plurality of cascading tiers, each of said cascading tiers comprising a stationary platform and a movable platform hingedly attached to said stationary platform and movable from a first position essentially coplanar to said movable platform to a second position defining a passageway with said stationary platform to hold the item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.