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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Autefa Solutions Germany Gmbh, Friedberg, DE;
Inventors:
Rudolf Kuhn, Neusäβ, DE;
Peter Knobloch, Gersthofen, DE;
Assignee:
AUTEFA SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH, Friedberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 57/00 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01); B65B 17/02 (2006.01); B65G 57/03 (2006.01); B65G 59/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65B 17/025 (2013.01); B65G 57/005 (2013.01); B65G 57/035 (2013.01); B65G 59/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for stacking layers of goods () is based on a stacking device () that includes a handling mechanism () which handles, laterally moves, and stacks loose slip-on receptacles (). The loose slip-on receptacles () are open on the bottom, accommodate a layer of goods () in the interior () thereof, and carry the layer of goods () along as the receptacles () are slidingly conveyed. An upward-facing bottom () of the slip-on receptacles () forms the supporting surface () for the subsequent layer of goods ().