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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Steven R. Aposhian, Farmington, UT (US);
Eric E. Aston, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
William M. Decker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Samuel Drake, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Steven R. Aposhian, Farmington, UT (US);
Eric E. Aston, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
William M. Decker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Samuel Drake, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Firefly Equipment, LLC, Farmington, UT (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to a stacking mechanism having electrical actuators for stacking slabs of sod on a sod harvesting machine. The electrical actuators allow the stacking head to be driven in three axes. The stacking mechanism also includes position feedback sensors for reporting the position of the stacking head to enable precision when operating the stacking head at a fast rate. The stacking mechanism of the present invention also provides temporary pallet support wings to enable the continued stacking of slabs of sod on one pallet even while another pallet is being dropped from the sod harvesting machine.