Patent · US Expired

Mechanism to retrieve and stack container separation sheets by stacking, squaring and positioning such sheets on a floor level pallet

US6048163A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1998
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H31/34
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for receiving, transporting and stacking thin sheets onto a transport pallet includes a vacuum conveyor for transporting the sheets one at a time from a horizontal collection station vertically downward and then horizontally onto a collection pallet.

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