Appeal No. 2004-0410
Application No. 09/509,415
APPENDIX
3. A palletizing apparatus for loading a pallet
with successive rows of cylindrically shaped container end
sticks, comprising
pick and place means for grasping a
predetermined quantity of the sticks to form a layer of a
pallet, one at a time in succession, and maintaining each
stick in a predetermined orientation,
a pallet loading station including a lift
receiving a skid on which a pallet is to be built,
said lift including a vertically adjustable lift
platform for supporting a skid to form the base of a pallet,
control means for moving said platform to and
from a lower skid receiving location and through a range of
upper loading locations, said control means including means
for adjusting the upper surface location of a pallet being
built upon the skid to a predetermined elevation at which
assembled rows of sticks are added to the top of the pallet,
a main table and means for moving said main
table between a receiving and assembly station and a loading
station over the top of the assembling pallet,
said pick and place means having control means
for placing the oriented sticks sequentially onto said main
table in a side by side row of the predetermined number of
oriented sticks,
a wrapping supply roll,
a moving support for said roll including control
means for shifting said roll back and forth to lay the
wrapping across the top of each row of sticks added to the
assembling pallet,
A1
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