Patent ID: 6817828
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A pallet orienting apparatus for orienting planar pallets in a return lane of a live storage system, comprising:pallet receiving means for receiving a plurality of pallets; means for mounting said pallet receiving means for movement thereof between a pallet-receiving position in which a number of pallets oriented in substantially upright planes may be placed in the pallet receiving means to form a row of pallets, and a pallet-delivery position wherein the pallets are presented as a stack of pallets with each pallet in a generally horizontal plane; and a drive for moving the pallet-receiving means between the pallet-receiving position and the pallet-delivery position said drive being constructed and operated to place the pallet-receiving means in its pallet-delivery position by moving a guard into a position to prevent access to the apparatus.