Stacking board for depositing a stack of sheets, and automatic handling apparatus for stacking boards of this type

US5664934A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• De La Rue Giori S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Johannes Georg Schaede · Würzburg, DE
• Thilo Fritsche · Obernburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 9, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/1912
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The stacking board is designed as a stackable pallet (1). This exhibits on its underside, on opposite side borders (1a, 1b), in each case two hollow feet (2) and in each case two hollow latching protuberances (4, 5) with a smaller engagement depth than that of the feet. The feet (2, 3) on each longitudinal border of the pallet are located opposite the hollow latching protuberances (4, 5) on the other longitudinal border. In this manner, when a plurality of pallets are stacked one upon the other, depending on the orientation of the pallets, a tightly packed storage stack can be produced. In the case of this storage stack, the feet of the pallet placed on top are sunk into the hollow feet of the pallet located thereabove. Alternatively, a working stack can be produced, in which case the feet of a pallet placed on top engage into the hollow latching protuberances of the pallet located therebeneath. Thus, adjacent pallets are spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance.