Patent ID: 7650690

Claim:
An apparatus to facilitate movement of a pallet from an assembly table to a pallet stacker, wherein the pallet stacker defines a pallet opening oriented such that a substantially horizontal pallet can be moved in a loading direction through an entrance of the pallet opening and into the pallet opening, the apparatus comprising: a roller frame adapted for movable attachment to the pallet stacker in front of the entrance to the pallet opening such that the roller frame can be moved, in a direction substantially horizontal and perpendicular to the loading direction, from a receiving position, where during operation the roller frame is nearest to the assembly table, to a remote position, where during operation the roller frame is farthest from the assembly table; and a pallet roller rotatably attached to a top of the roller frame about a substantially horizontal axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the loading direction, the pallet roller adapted to support a pallet in a substantially horizontal position such that the supported pallet can be rolled into the pallet opening.