ARTICLE STACKING APPARATUS HAVING AT LEAST ONE SAFETY SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME

A stacking apparatus includes a base, a main conveyor pivotably supported on the base that is pivotable between a first, lowered, position and a second, raised, position, an accumulator section downstream of a discharge end of the main conveyor for receiving articles from the main conveyor, where th...

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Main Authors ALLEN, JR. CLARENCE, LIPPY MICHAEL, MYERS SHARON L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.02.2010
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
CONVEYING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
STORING
TRANSPORTING
UNPACKING
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Summary:A stacking apparatus includes a base, a main conveyor pivotably supported on the base that is pivotable between a first, lowered, position and a second, raised, position, an accumulator section downstream of a discharge end of the main conveyor for receiving articles from the main conveyor, where the accumulator section includes a support for supporting a stack of items fed to the accumulator section by the main conveyor. Also, at least one optical sensor detecting the presence of an object in the main conveyor travel path and at least one controller operatively connected to the main conveyor and the optical sensor, the at least one controller receiving signals from the optical sensor and controlling the main conveyor based on the signals and on the direction of movement of the main conveyor.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080521830