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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2004
Dustin W. Smith, Carthage, MO (US);
Dale De'crescenzo, Carthage, MO (US);
Dustin W. Smith, Carthage, MO (US);
Dale De'Crescenzo, Carthage, MO (US);
L&P Property Management Company, South Gate, CA (US);
Abstract
A block attacher for attaching blocks to slats as stringers for pallets includes a slat dispenser disposed to dispense individual slats to a slat driver, the slat driver being selectively positionable. A first block dispenser dispenses a block to an assembly station where a position fixture is disposed to operatively cooperate with the slat driver and the block dispenser to position the dispensed block abutting the individual slat when the slat driver is in a first selected position. At least one other position fixture is disposed to operatively cooperate with the slat driver to position a second dispensed block abutting the individual slat when the slat driver is in a second selected position. The subsequent blocks may be dispensed by the same block dispenser as the first block, or by different dispensers. A block fixator is disposed to fix the first dispensed block to the slat when said slat driver is in the first selected position and further disposed to attach the at least one other block to the individual slat when the slat driver is in at least one other position.