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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
May. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Easton, St. Peters, MO (US);
Assignee:
Alvey, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4147958 ; 414786 ; 4147962 ; 4147965 ; 4147968 ;
Abstract
A material handling system includes a depalletizer comprising a tower frame and a tilt bed which extends into the tower frame and is tilted to a predetermined angle. A lift bed raises a loaded pallet to the level of an exit conveyor. A back dam is disposed opposite the exit conveyor and is movably mounted to the frame to exert a force against a layer of articles to be removed. A collector roller is mounted to the tower frame and moves between a position adjacent the exit conveyor and a position adjacent the back dam to assist in the removal of any articles remaining after the force has been applied by the back dam.