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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward W Ritola, LaCenter, WA (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Natural Resources, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4147895 ; 4147934 ; 4147943 ; 4147941 ;
Abstract
A sticker placement apparatus of a lumber stacking machine for placing stickers in the pans of stacking forks without the need of stopping movement of the forks. A transfer mechanism elevates a sticker off a sticker conveyor as the forks are moving a tier of lumber pieces outwardly onto a lumber stack. The transfer mechanism has cradles that elevate the stickers to a position strategic to the forks as the forks are elevated to engage the next tier of lumber pieces. The stickers are transferred to the pans without stopping movement of the forks.