Device for stabilizing a pallet
OwnerAnthony V. DiNelloinventor
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Abstract
A device for palletizing a plurality of articles and for stabilizing selected ones of the plurality of articles is provided. The device includes at least one load stabilizer and at least one stabilizer applier. The at least one load stabilizer includes a stabilizer sheet and an adhesive layer coupled with the stabilizer sheet. The at least one stabilizer applier receives the at least one load stabilizer and applies the adhesive layer to a select potential shift point of a palletized load.
Claims18
A device for palletizing a plurality of articles and for stabilizing selected ones of the plurality of articles, the device comprising:
- an upper level for receiving the plurality of articles;
- an elevator movable within an elevator shaft, wherein the elevator is configured to receive a pallet and the plurality of articles;
- at least one door movable to stack the plurality of articles from the upper level onto the pallet in a palletized load;
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- a stabilizer applier assembly attached to a side of the elevator shaft in a lower level below the at least one door, the stabilizer applier assembly comprising:
- at least one feeder configured to feed at least one load stabilizer, the at least one load stabilizer comprising an adhesive layer;
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- at least one stabilizer applier configured to receive the at least one load stabilizer, wherein the at least one stabilizer applier is configured to apply the adhesive layer of the at least one load stabilizer to a top surface of at least two articles of the plurality of articles of the palletized load.
A method for operating a device for palletizing a plurality of articles and for stabilizing selected ones of the plurality of articles, the method comprising:
- aligning the plurality of articles into a layer of articles on at least one door on an upper level of a palletizer;
- stacking the layer of articles onto a pallet received on an elevator in an elevator shaft of a lower level of the palletizer to provide a palletized load by opening the at least one door;
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- actuating a stabilizer applier assembly attached to a side of the elevator shaft in the lower level below the at least one door to adhere a load stabilizer to a top surface of at least two articles of the plurality of articles of the palletized load;
- wherein the at least one stabilizer applier is configured to apply the at least one load stabilizer to a top surface of the at least two articles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.