Patent · US Expired

Stacking machine and method

US6055896A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 19, 1998
Grant dateMay 2, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/2194
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a stacking machine which cuts a multiply rope into bundles, clamps the lead ends of the bundles against a conveyor which moves the bundles to stacking stations where the bundles are collected in stacks. Completed stacks are transferred to a takeaway conveyor.

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