Patent ID: 6913434

Claim:
An apparatus for handling stacked units of boards comprising: a stacker carrier capable of moving a plurality of stacked units placed on a support bed in a storage area into storage stacks and off from said storage stacks, respectively, the stacker carrier having a chassis with four upright columnar legs, and a pair of lift units each extending between a pair of the upright columnar legs on opposite sides of said stacker carrier, each of said lift units including: a load support member extending lengthwise along substantially a full length of each of the lift units, ends of the load support member being rotatably mounted on pivot shafts adjacent to the upright columnar legs, the load support members being individually movable and arranged to cooperate so as to elevate/lower the stacked units of boards resting on said support bed; and, actuators mounted on each of the lift units for enabling the load support members of the lift units to rotate about the pivot shafts between a transfer position and a home position.