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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
May. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Focke, Verden, DE;
Harald Freudenberg, Marklohe, DE;
Assignee:
Focke & Co., Verden, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414797 ; 294 641 ; 414793 ;
Abstract
Stacks of blanks (10) for cigarette packets and other types of application are delivered on pallets (19). The stacks of blanks (10) are arranged in rows (20) and layers (21) on the pallet (19). A depalletizing device (25) is provided to empty the pallet (19), on the articulated arm (28) of which device a pick-up head (29) is arranged for grasping and handling one stack of blanks at a time. The pick-up head (29) is fitted with two holding jaws (30, 31), positioned at a right angle to one another and which grasp the stack of blanks (10) on two adjacent upright surfaces, namely a side surface (11) and an end sumrface (14), and hold them by suction air.