Equipment for loading pallets

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EQUIPMENT FOR STACKING A SERIES OF COMPLETED LOAD LAYERS OF A PALLET COMPRISING A LIFT TABLE, A SHUTTLE CONVEYOR FRAME CARRIED BY THE LIFT TABLE AND MOUNTED THEREON TO MOVE BODILY AS A UNIT BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE TABLE TOP, POWER MEANS ON THE LIFT TABLE FOR EFFECTING SAID MOVEMENT OF THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR FRAME, CONVEYOR MECHANISM MOUNTED UPON AND MOVABLE WITH SAID FRAME INCLUDING MEANS ALSO MOVABLE WITH SAID FRAME FOR ACTUATING SAID CONVEYOR MECHANISM, SAID SHUTTLE CONVEYOR MECHANISM BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A COMPLETED LOAD LAYER WHEN THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR FRAME IS AT ONE SIDE OF ITS STROKE, A DISCHARGE CONVEYOR ATTACHED TO THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR FRAME AT ITS OPPOSITE SIDE IN POSITION TO RECEIVE A COMPLETED LOAD LAYER FROM THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR MECHANISM WHEN SAID SHUTTLE CONVEYOR FRAME IS AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ITS STROKE AND TO DELIVER THE SAME TO THE PALLET, AND MEANS OPERATING TO RAISE THE LIFT TABLE WITH THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR FRAME AND THE DISCHARGE CONVEYOR AFTER THE DISCHARGE CONVEYOR DELIVERS A LOAD LAYER TO THE PALLER, THE DEGREE OF LIFT BEING SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT DELIVERY OF THE SUCCEEDING LOAD LAYER ON TOP OF THE LAYER ALREADY IN PLACE.