Patent ID: 7686564
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. Device for palletizing empty plastic bottles having a neck collar, comprising: a transposing device for forming layers of plastic bottles that are fed in rows, a pallet loader for transferring the layers, a conveyor zone situated between the transposing device and the pallet loader wherein the conveyor zone is a sliding table for a layer and the table is movable between a normal parking station of the transposing device and a normal receiving station of the pallet loader, and a buffer for intermediate storage of at least one layer, wherein the transposing device loads layers of plastic bottles to the conveyor zone or to the buffer and wherein the pallet loader picks up the layers of plastic bottles from either the conveyor zone or the buffer and the buffer has a reversible carriage for receiving at least one layer of plastic bottles.