Patent ID: 6692212
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B29C,B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for stacking containers, formed of thermoplastic plastic, downstream of a molding machine, comprising:a plurality of stacking-magazine rows formed of connected individual stacking magazines, in which the containers are stacked; a stacking station in which the stacking-magazine rows are set one on top of the other to form a stack cage, can be separated from one another, and can be displaced perpendicular to a stacking direction for inserting containers into respective magazines; a displacement device is for transferring a respective lowermost stacking-magazine row, after separation from the stack cage, from the stacking station into a stack-removal station disposed to a side of the stacking station, the device having a displaceable rake for simultaneously guiding the container stacks out of stacking-magazines of a row; and, a transfer device for transferring an emptied stacking-magazine row from the stack-removal station onto a rear stacking-magazine row of the stack cage, seen in the direction of displacement of the stacking-magazine rows, in the stacking station.