Apparatus and method for stacking layers of items by separate rotary supporting conveyor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7621712
APP PUB NO 20070243056A1
SERIAL NO

11694275

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A stacking apparatus includes a feed device that feeds a succession of elongated items to a pick-up station, and a rotating structure having first and second arms at different angles about a rotation axis of the rotating structure. The arms have receiving surfaces mounted thereto that receive the elongated items as a layer at the pick-up station during rotation of the rotating structure as the receiving surface travels past the pick-up station. The apparatus also includes a carriage having layer supporting forks that receive the layer from the receiving surface during rotation of the rotating structure as the receiving surface travels past a layer receiving station. The carriage carries the layer from the layer receiving station and deposits the layer at a layer stacking station from the forks to form the stack of superimposed layers.

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  • D. R. REYNOLDS COMPANY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Simmons, Zane Lee Troy , US 1 6

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