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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:

Solystic, Gentilly, FR;

Inventors:

Francois Madar, Bourg les Valence, FR;

Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;

Assignee:

SOLYSTIC, Gentilly, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 21/02 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01); B07C 3/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/00 (2013.01); B07C 3/008 (2013.01); B65H 31/3081 (2013.01); B65H 2301/422542 (2013.01); B65H 2301/422548 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1916 (2013.01);
Abstract

Storage tray for automatically unloading stacks of flat articles stacked on edge, the storage tray having panels and a bottom plate provided with slots through which moving fingers can pass for moving the edges of the flat articles away from or towards the bottom plate and for automatically unloading the flat articles from the storage tray, and for automatically loading the flat articles into the storage tray, the panels defining bearing faces suitable for receiving the flanks of the stacks of flat articles and provided with grooves in register with the ends of the slots so that the moving fingers extend beyond the stack of flat articles into the grooves so as to ensure that all of the flat articles are moved. Also a method of loading and of unloading the storage tray.


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