Patent ID: 6056496
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
A cart loader for loading objects onto a cart, comprising:an object loading mechanism including an arranging apparatus for arranging one or more of the objects into a pattern and including a layering apparatus for loading one or more layers of said patterns onto a cart,a cart loading station adjacent the object loading mechanism and defining a cart intake area and a cart loading area directly adjacent each other for receiving an empty cart in the cart intake area and subsequently moving the empty cart laterally into the cart loading area for loading thereof, and the receiving of an empty cart into the cart intake area and removal of a loaded cart from the cart loading area taking place on a first side of the cart loading station wherein the movement of a cart into the intake area and out of the loading area occurs along pathways that are adjacent each other so that both loaded and unloaded carts can be handled from said first side without obstruction from the object loading mechanism.