Patent ID: 6059519
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A system for loading a pallet with a plurality of containers comprising:(a) an accumulating table equipped with stops for accumulating a plurality of containers, one of said stops being movable both horizontally and vertically;(b) a movable arm which moves between said accumulating table and a pallet, said arm being movable in a horizontal and vertical direction;(c) a head pivotally connected to said arm for pivoting in a horizontal plane;(d) a horizontally movable draw frame mounted in said head and movable in a horizontal plane away from and into said head for drawing said containers off of said accumulating table and into said head, said frame having four sides;(e) four containment sides, one of each containment side being mounted at the bottom of each of said draw frame sides, said containment sides being movable in a horizontal plane inside said draw frame for securing said containers inside said draw frame when said draw frame draws said containers off of said accumulating table; and(f) a horizontally movable supporting platform mounted in said head below said draw frame for receiving said containers drawn off of said accumulating table by said draw frame, said supporting platform being movable in a horizontal plane away from and into said head, said supporting platform moving horizontally away from said head to drop said containers onto said pallet when said arm moves said head from said accumulating table to said pallet.