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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1989
Laurie M Reid, Casselberry, FL (US);
Gary D Hunt, Longwood, FL (US);
Simplimatic Engineering Company, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
An improved palletizer is provided for receiving successive groups of articles in a pattern forming area and transferring the groups in succession to a stacking area on a pallet. A servocontrolled sweep system transfers article groups from the pattern formings to the stacking area for stacking one group on top of the other as the pallet is indexed downward by a hoist system after each successive group, and a carriage system interleaves separator sheets between successive groups. A programmable logic controller controls the servocontrolled sweep system in accordance with a velocity characteristic designed to increase machine speed and efficiency.