Patent ID: 6457927
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B31B,B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for stacking and delivering plastic bags comprising:a cyclically operating conveyor having upstanding needles adapted to traverse plastic bags in the stacking thereof on said needles; a gripper hand of a robot engageable with a stack of said bags on said needles and having a flange supporting said stack at an end of said stack; a stripper on said hand adapted to grip said stack adjacent said needles for facilitating the withdrawal of said stack from said conveyor, said stripper comprising a stripping element engageable beneath said stack at an end thereof traversed by said needles and a holding element relative to said stripping element for engagement with said stack, said stripping element comprising a channel engageable around said end of said stack and having a lower shank engaging beneath said end of said stack to an upper shank on said stripper element overlying the first mentioned shank, said holding element for each needle being mounted on a piston and cylinder unit on said upper shank for linear displacement by said piston and cylinder unit.