Cannon Equipment Company

Imi Cornelius, Inc.

Patrick J Geraghty

James E Kovacs

Mark R Rosa

Alexander Vigdorovich

Robert P Sweet

Merle Arvid Larson

Steven A Rahman

William Gehn

Robert J Grimm

Ralph T Morgan

A pallet or cart which can be coupled to a similar pallet or cart in a side by side relationship is disclosed. The pallet or cart, at its one or right side, has a coupling, which cooperate with an associated coupling on the opposite or left side of an adjacent pallet or cart. The couplings and the associated couplings can be connected to connect the two pallets or carts together to make them capable of being moved together, and even be lifted and lowered together by a standard lift truck or fork lift or a standard pallet jack. The couplings are also releasable so that, when necessary, each pallet or cart may be used as would be a single pallet or cart. The pallet or cart may have one or more foldable shelves therein.

Apparatus and method for side by side couplable pallets and carts

The present invention comprises a cart having a base and three sidewalls extending there around and upward therefrom. Four wheels are secured at bottom corners of the sidewalls to provide for easy mobility of the cart. A pair of partial doors are hingedly secured to and extend along end edges of two opposing sidewalls for permitting partial coverage of a fourth side of the cart. Each partial door includes a spring biased manually operable pin for cooperating with a plurality of slots in the cart base. In this manner the doors can be positioned from an orientation substantially coextensive with a front edge of the cart base, to positions wherein the doors are oriented inwardly of the cart loading interior space. Each door is secured to its respective sidewall in a manner wherein it can be lifted a distance sufficient to lift the pin thereof free from and above the base slots. Thus, the doors can be moved and positioned by either operating the pins manually to clear the slots, and then releasing the pin for insertion within the desired slot, or they can be lifted in their entirety and then let down to position the pins in the desired slots. The base front edge also has an inwardly angled portion along the length thereof that angles up to a horizontal shoulder. The horizontal shoulder includes the first pair of the plurality of pin retaining slots. A vertical portion then rises from the level of the shoulder to the level of the main area of the cart base. This angled structure permits a third means for operating the doors, wherein they can be slammed closed. In this mode, the end of the pin rides up on the angled portion when the door is closed with sufficient force, thereby overcoming the biasing force of the spring. The pins of each door will then insert into the first slots in the shoulder area. The vertical edge prevents any further movement of the doors inwards as the pins thereof are blocked thereby.

Cart with multi-position doors

An apparatus and method for automatically loading successive layers of similarly shaped objects, such as newspaper bundles and the like, into wheeled carts. The bundles are first delivered at a controlled rate from a source thereof to a device that arranges and delivers the objects in organized groups to an initial loading position. The organized group is then moved onto a carrier from the loading position. The carrier then moves from its loading position to a position within the wheeled cart. A blocking plate serves to prevent the objects from moving with the carrier as it move back to its initial loading position wherein the objects are deposited in the cart. The cart is held on a lift and is first moved to a top loading position for receiving the first layer of bundles and subsequently lowered the needed amount for receiving successive layers of bundles. An electronic control provides for the coordinated control of the systems of the present invention so that the cart can be automatically and quickly filled with layers of the organized bundles.

Cart loading machine

A newspaper bundle handling system is shown and includes a bundle arranging and loading apparatus for arranging and loading successive layers of newspaper bundles on a wheeled cart. The present invention also includes a conveying mechanism for conveying empty carts to the loading apparatus and for subsequently conveying loaded carts away from the loading apparatus.

Cart loading equipment having reciprocating pusher and chain conveyors

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Patrick J Geraghty