Abstract Sheet stack handling method wherein sheets are formed into a stack and are secured in the stack which is presented at a delivery station from which the stack is moved onto a pallet. The stack can roll down to a final position on the pallet, and rows of stacks can roll onto the pallet. The pallet is supported by means which permit the pallet to shift laterally of the rows, so that additional rows of stacks can be placed on the pallet, and the shifting is also done under gravity by having a slight declining angle for the pallet shifting. Control mechanism is associated with the pallet and includes a detector for sensing the stacks on the pallet, and it includes a releasable stop for permitting the pallet to shift when the row of stacks is complete. Thus the stacks are loaded onto a pallet and are then moved with the pallet to a distribution station where the stacks are unloaded, and the loading and unloading are both done under the influence of gravity by having the stacks roll on a decline and by having the pallet roll on a decline in the lateral shifting, as mentioned, and the stacks can then be moved or rolled to the feeding stations, and a switching mechanism is used for distributing the stacks from the distribution point into the selected feeding stations.
Inventors
👤 Anton R Stobb
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-08 10:39
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G1/00; B65G1/02; B65G1/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A method for handling stacks of sheets, comprising the steps of mobilizing said stacks by attaching wheels thereto, rolling said stacks onto a pallet, disposing said pallet at a declining angle to have said stacks roll downwardly on said pallet and form a row of said stacks, shifting said pallet with said row of said stacks laterally of said row, moving additional ones of said stacks onto said pallet in an additional row of said stacks, moving said pallet with said stacks thereon to a distribution station, and moving said stacks off said pallet.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
94 words
A method for handling stacks of sheets, comprising the steps of mobilizing said stacks by attaching wheels thereto, rolling said stacks onto a pallet, disposing said pallet at a declining angle to have said stacks roll downwardly on said pallet and form a row of said stacks, shifting said pallet with said row of said stacks laterally of said row, moving additional ones of said stacks onto said pallet in an additional row of said stacks, moving said pallet with said stacks thereon to a distribution station, and moving said stacks off said pallet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, including the steps of disposing said pallet at a second declining angle relative to the shifting of said pallet for effecting the shifting, and releasably holding said pallet against shifting until said rows are formed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as claimed in claim 2, including the steps of disposing said pallet at a declining angle relative to the movement of said stacks off said pallet, for rolling movement of said stacks off said pallet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method as claimed in claim 2, including the steps of mechanically sensing the filling of said rows of said stacks, and shifting said pallet with said stacks in response to the sensing.