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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1987
Wolfgang C Dorner, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Michael C Allen, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Mark C Wedell, Delafield, WI (US);
Michael A Hosch, Hartland, WI (US);
Dorner Mfg. Corp., Hartland, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for stacking a plurality of articles in a side-to-side relation. The articles are conveyed in an upright end-to-end relation on a conveyor and a bin or article receiving member is positioned adjacent the downstream end of the conveyor and individually receives each article discharged from the conveyor. The bin includes a bottom wall and a rear wall and the bin is movable between a receiving position where the bottom wall extends downwardly and outwardly from the downstream end of the conveyor, to a discharge position where the bottom wall is disposed substantially horizontal. Each article being received within the bin is held in an upright position and is transferred laterally within the bin against a movable support plate, and each succeeding article received in the bin is transferred in a similar manner against the preceding article to form a stack. The bin is then tilted so that the bottom surface is generally horizontal and a pusher plate pushes the stack of articles forwardly out of the bin onto a discharge conveyor.