Patent ID: 7631746
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: B27B,B27G,B65G

Abstract:
1. A board positioning system, the system comprising: a conveyor having a plurality of longitudinally interspaced pushing elements, each pushing element being configured and adapted to receive a transversally-oriented board, and to exert a longitudinal conveyance force on the received board to convey the board along a conveyance path, with an end of the board extending laterally from the conveyor, when the conveyor is in operation; and a fence, adjacent the conveyor, positioned in the conveyance path, in interference with the laterally-extending end of the board, and defining a converging angle with the conveyor, the fence being configured and adapted to exert a positioning force, reactive of the conveyance force, to move the board lengthwisely as the laterally-extending end of the board is being slidingly conveyed against the fence when the conveyor is in operation, the fence having a plurality of adjacent gates, each gate being individually movable out of the conveyance path, when the positioning force has imparted a given lengthwise displacement to the board, and movable back into a fence position after the board has passed by the respective gate.