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Packet depalletizer

US4993915A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 26, 1989
Grant dateFeb 19, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/108
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pallet (4) bearing a load of objects (5) disposed in horizontal layers formed of parallel rows aligned in a certain direction (Y) is raised step by step on a frame (1) by a lift (2, 3). A transfer arrangement (7) provided with claws (31) is mounted on a carriage (8). A control causes the claws to engage under each of the objects of a row so that this row is secured to the transfer arrangement, after which the row is placed on a conveyor (10) which then transfers it to another conveyor (11). This latter conveyor moves in the aforementioned direction and brings each object to the entry station (14) of a machine (15).

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