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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
Donald R. Cornell, Green Acres, WA (US);
Jon P. Drake, Chattaroy, WA (US);
Alliance Machine Systems Intenational, LLC, Spokane, WA (US);
Abstract
A load former assembly ( ) for collecting bundles ( ) of materials into tiers ( ) of selected patterns and stacking the tiers ( ), the load former assembly ( ) having a power conveyor ( ) and a dual pin assembly ( ) for horizontal rotation of successive bundles ( ) in a first rotational direction or in an opposing second rotational direction, the dual pin assembly ( ) extending first or second pins ( ) into the path of the bundles ( ). The pins ( ) can be extended at selected lateral positions on the power conveyor ( ). A single pin assembly ( ) having a third pin ( ) is disposed for rotating the bundles ( ) in a set rotational direction. A positioning assembly ( ) positions the rotated bundles ( ) at selected lateral positions on the power conveyor ( ), and the bundles ( ) are collected against a tier gate ( ) to form the tier ( ) in a selected pattern. A sheet dispenser assembly ( ) places slip sheets ( ) onto the tiers ( ).