Patent ID: 6632067
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A pallet dispensing apparatus comprising:a frame having an interior that is dimensioned to receive a stack of pallets therein; first and second vertical uprights supported in the frame interior by pivot connections between the uprights and the frame, the first and second vertical uprights each having means to move the first and second uprights toward each other into the frame interior to a first relative position of the uprights where a first spacing between the uprights is sufficient to permit a pallet to be dispensed downwardly in the frame interior between the uprights and to move the first and second uprights away from each other and the frame interior to a second relative position of the uprights where a second spacing between the uprights is sufficient to permit a pallet to be dispensed downwardly in the frame interior between the uprights, the second spacing being greater than the first spacing.