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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1991
Ernest P Winski, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Kinetic Robotics Inc., Menasha, WI (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to handling of material on a supporting surface, preferably a pallet (74). It is addressed especially to the handling of material in pallet loads. The invention provides material handling systems and methods for placing material on a supporting surface by a palletizer (10) and removing it from that supporting surface by a depalletizer (210); and wherein the common element necessary to make the system function resides in the use of a special spacing sheet under each layer (178) of material in the load. Supporting members include spacing sheets (161) and (166) having novel characteristics in their top and bottom surfaces, and novel tacky spacing sheets (300) which are lightly and temporarily bonded to the underlying layer or pallet.