Patent ID: 6942444
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In combination with a stacking machine for organizing metal panels in stacks over skids and having a supporting surface on which the skids are supported as the panels are placed upon them to accumulate in stacks, a skid positioning machine for placing skids on the supporting surface of the stacking machine, said skid positioning machine comprising: a carriage on which the skids are organized with the spacing between them corresponding to the spacing required for receiving the panels as the panels accumulate in stacks, the carriage being movable from a retracted position remote from the supporting surface of the stacking machine to an extended position along the supporting surface of the stacking machine so as to deposit the properly spaced skids on the supporting surface; wherein the supporting surface of the stacking machine is interrupted such that it contains spaces, and the carriage has transfer beams which when the carriage is extended, will fit into the spaces in the supporting surface; and wherein the stacking machine includes rollers which form the supporting surface, and the transfer beams, when in their extended position, will fit between adjacent rollers.