Patent ID: 9272852
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. A board stacking apparatus for stacking a plurality of board layers into a stack supported by a stack holder, the stack having a front edge and a rear edge, each of the board layers being formed of a finite number of boards dispensed in a side-by-side configuration by a board dispensing mechanism adjacent the front edge of the stack, the board stacking apparatus comprising: a movable support having at least two arms sized to span a length of the stack between the rear and front edges thereof, each of the at least two arms having a receiving end; a rear stopper extending vertically in line with the rear edge of the stack; an abutment component associated with each of the at least two arms of the movable support, each abutment component being located proximate to and below the board dispensing mechanism and comprising a support member engageable with the receiving end of the associated arm and movable between an upper configuration and a lower configuration; a power assembly operatively connected to the movable support and the abutment components to move the movable support according to a layer stacking routine for stacking a corresponding one of the board layers onto the stack holder, the layer stacking routine comprising: