Appeal No. 2004-0410
Application No. 09/509,415
means for attaching a free end of the wrapping
supply roll to an empty skid on said lift platform,
means for transferring each row of sticks placed
on said main table onto the top of a layer of wrapping,
means for passing the wrapping over the last
placed row, and
means for discharging completed pallets from
said pallet loading station.
11. A method for assembling a pallet with successive
rows of container end sticks, comprising
a) receiving a succession of individual
cylindrically shaped sticks each in a predetermined
orientation,
b) placing the sticks sequentially into a rows
of each predetermined number of sticks,
c) locating a skid at a pallet loading station
to form the base of a pallet of container end sticks to be
built at the loading station,
d) attaching the end of a roll of wrapping
material to the skid,
e) moving the wrapping material across the skid
f) loading successive rows of sticks onto the
top of a layer of wrapping, the first row being supported on
the empty pallet,
A2
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