L&p Swiss Holding Gmbh

Kruno Kantoci

Terrance L Myers

A machine () for unstacking objects () includes a belt mechanism () having a conveyor belt (), a first drive mechanism () for driving the conveyor belt (), a second drive mechanism () for shifting the conveyor belt () between a forwarded position and a retracted position, and a third drive mechanism () for adjusting a height position of the conveyor belt (). Further, the machine () includes a gripper mechanism () having a gripper () and a fourth drive mechanism () for moving the gripper () between different height positions. A controller of the machine () is configured to control the gripper mechanism () to grip an end portion of an uppermost object () of a stack () and lift the end of the uppermost object (), to control the second drive mechanism () and the third drive mechanism () to position a forward end of the conveyor belt () below the lifted end portion of the uppermost object (), and to control the first drive mechanism () and the second drive mechanism () to operate in a coordinated manner by shifting the conveyor belt () towards the forwarded position while at the same time driving the conveyor belt () in a backwards direction to draw the uppermost object () onto the conveyor belt ().

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Petrijanec, Croatia

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