Apparatus for aligning parquet strips in the same direction

Claim 2

Apparatus for aligning in the same direction parquet strips comprising chute means, means cooperating with said chute means for providing a plurality of juxtapositioned channels for receiving the parquet strips, a jolting mechanism for aligning the parquet strips randomly deposited upon said chute means and for conveying such parquet strips while disposed upon said chute means, a traNsfer table for removing the aligned parquet strips, transverse extending stop means disposed at an end region of said chute means in front of said transfer table and against which the aligned parquet strips impact, means for periodically rendering inoperable said transverse extending stop means, so that the parquet strips impacting against said transverse extending stop means slide past such transverse extending stop means and onto said transfer table, and excess returning means for returning to said chute means those strips which do not become aligned in said channels.

Claim 3

Apparatus for aligning in the same direction parquet strips comprising chute means, means cooperating with said chute means for providing a plurality of juxtapositioned channels for receiving the parquet strips, a jolting mechanism for aligning the parquet strips randomly deposited upon said chute means and for conveying such parquet strips while disposed upon said chute means, a transfer table for removing the aligned parquet strips, transverse extending stop means disposed at an end region of said chute means in front of said transfer table and against which the aligned parquet strips impact, means for periodically rendering inoperable said transverse extending stop means, so that the parquet strips impacting against said transverse extending stop means slide past such transverse extending stop means and onto said transfer table, a substantially horizontally extending shaft member, said chute means incorporating a lower chute portion which is mounted to be pivotable at said horizontally extending shaft member, the lowermost end of said lower chute portion defining said end region supporting said transverse extending stop means, and a stationary finger member operably associated with each parquet strip channel at the region of said transverse extending stop means, wherein during downward pivoting of said lower chute portion each stationary finger lifts the lowermost parquet strip in each associated channel over said transverse extending stop means.

Claim 4

Apparatus for aligning in the same direction parquet strips comprising chute means, means cooperating with said chute means for providing a plurality of juxtapositioned channels for receiving the parquet strips, a jolting mechanism for aligning the parquet strips randomly deposited upon said chute means and for conveying such parquet strips while disposed upon said chute means, a transfer table for removing the aligned parquet strips, transverse extending stop means disposed at an end region of said chute means in front of said transfer table and against which the aligned parquet strips impact, means for periodically rendering inoperable said transverse extending stop means, so that the parquet strips impacting against said transverse extending stop means slide past such transverse extending stop means and onto said transfer table, a substantially horizontally extending shaft member, said chute means incorporating a lower chute portion which is mounted to be pivotable at said horizontally extending shaft member, the lowermost end of said lower chute portion defining said end region supporting said transverse extending stop means, and a stationary finger member operably associated with each parquet strip channel at the region of said transverse extending stop means, wherein during downward pivoting of said lower chute portion each stationary finger lifts the lowermost parquet strip in each associated channel over said transverse extending stop means.

Claim 5

Apparatus for aligning in the same direction parquet strips comprising chute means, means cooperating with said chute means for providing a plurality of juxtapositioned channels for receiving the parquet strips, a jolting mechanism for aligning the parquet strips randomly deposited upon said chute means and for conveying such parquet strips while disposed upon said chute means, a transfer table for removing the aligned parquet strips, transverse extending stop means disposed at an end region of said chute means in front of said transfer table and against which the aligned parquet strips impact, means for periodically rendering inoperable said transverse extending stop means, so that the parquet strips impacting against said transverse extending stop means slide past such transverse extending stop means and onto said transfer table, conveyor means cooperating with said transfer table, and transport means for conjointly displacing the parquet strips received upon said transfer table in a direction transverse to their longitudinal axes and onto said conveyor means.

Claim 6

Apparatus for aligning in the same direction parquet strips comprising chute means, means cooperating with said chute means for providing a plurality of juxtapositioned channels for receiving the parquet strips, a jolting mechanism for aligning the parquet strips randomly deposited upon said chute means and for conveying such parquet strips while disposed upon said chute means, a transfer table for removing the aligned parquet strips, transverse extending stop means disposed at an end region of said chute means in front of said transfer table and against which the aligned parquet strips impact, means for periodically rendering inoperable said transverse extending stop means, so that the parquet strips impacting against said transverse extending stop means slide past such transverse extending stop means and onto said transfer table, conveyor means cooperating with said transfer table, and transport means for conjointly displacing the parquet strips received upon said transfer table in a direction transverse to their longitudinal axes and onto said conveyor means.

Claim 7

Apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein said conveyor means comprises a conveyor band.

Claim 8

Apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein said transport means comprises a pair of endless chains provided with entrainment means and positioned to cooperate with said transfer table.

Claim 9

Apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein each endless chain and associated entrainment means is positioned at the region of one lengthwise extending edge of said transfer table.

Claim 10

Apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said chute means includes a pivotably mounted lower chute portion, and wherein a time dependency exists between the movement of said endless chains and the movement of said pivotably mounted lower chute portion.

Claim 11

Apparatus for aligning in the same direction parquet strips comprising chute means having a discharge end portion, means cooperating with said chute means for providing a plurality of adjacently disposed channels for receiving the parquet strips, a jolting mechanism cooperating with said channels for aligning the parquet strips randomly deposited upon said chute means and for conveying such parquet strips while disposed upon said chute means towards said discharge end portion, a transfer table for receiving the aligned parquet strips coming from said chute means and for transporting them away, transverse extending stop means disposed at the region of said discharge end portion of said chute means in front of said transfer table and against which impact the aligned parquet strips, means for periodically rendering inoperable said transverse extending stop means, so that the parquet strips impacting against said transverse extending stop means slide past such transverse extending stop means and onto said transfer table, and means for receiving strips which move toward said discharge end portion without becoming aligned in said channels and for returning such strips to the input end of said chute means.

Claim 12

Apparatus for aligning in the same direction parquet strips comprising chute means having a discharge end portion, means cooperating with said chute means for providing a plurality of adjacently disposed channels for receiving the parquet strips, a jolting mechanism cooperating with said channels for aligning the parquet strips randomly deposited upon said chute means and for conveying such parquet strips while disposed upon said chute means towards said discharge end portion, a transfer table for receiving the aligned parquet strips coming from said chute means and for transporting them away, transverse extending stop means disposed at the region of said discharge end portion of said chute means in front of said transfer table and against which impact the aligned parquet strips, means for periodically rendering inoperable said transverse extending stop means, so that the parquet strips impacting against said transverse extending stop means slide past such transverse extending stop means and onto said transfer table, and means for receiving strips which move toward said discharge end portion without becoming aligned in said channels and for returning such strips to the input end of said chute means.