Systems for automated bi-directional stacking or arrangement of manufactured products on collection elements/racks

Abstract

The present invention discloses a system for stacking or arranging arbitrary asymmetrical articles of manufacture having distinguishable front and rear ends, such as gloves. More specifically, stacking or arrangement systems and methods are disclosed that enable the bi-directional stacking or arrangement of asymmetrical manufactured items on top of each other for packaging or similar purposes of such asymmetrical manufactured items, the asymmetric manufactured items having distinguishable front and back ends of a glove, for example. The system for this bi-directional stacking or arrangement basically consists of a feed conveyor unit with a pair of feed conveyors (2, 3) located below the manufacturing process conveyor (1), which can be For stacking different asymmetric packages / items, eg gloves with different front and rear ends, on the collecting elements / racks (10, 12) in a bi-directional manner. Optionally and advantageously, the stacking device comprises sensor-driven oscillating means operatively connected to the pair of infeed conveyors for driving the infeed conveyors in a pendulum-like motion and urging the packages between the collection elements / Two-way stacking on the shelf. Therefore, the improvement is to provide an automated system for bi-directional stacking of asymmetric packages / items such as gloves, thereby ensuring optimal arrangement of goods for packaging and similar operations, and for example when packaging in boxes or When in the analogue, the weight of the stacked items is evenly distributed.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a system for bi-directional stacking or arranging of asymmetrical items having distinguishable front and rear ends, such as gloves, which have distinct front finger areas and rear cuff areas. Systems for stacking or arranging arbitrary articles of manufacture are intended to facilitate the packaging of these items, and in particular for stacking glove-like items where the front end differs in size and weight from the rear end, stacking in a bi-directional manner Stacking improvements have been made to enable compact stacking of these packages and to ensure minimum stacking volume requirements with an even weight distribution throughout the box. Systems for stacking or arranging any asymmetrical artefact (with distinguishable front and rear ends, such as gloves) are suitable for in-line Installs in conjunction with any conveyor carrying artifacts. Advantageously, this system of bi-directional stacking or packaging of ite...

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Problems solved by technology

This stacking device is time consuming and relatively expensive in an industrial production environment, in addition to requiring worker involvement during the feeding operation

[0012] It is evident from the prior art described above that existing stacking systems stack garments or gloves in a substantially unidirectional manner, which is not desirable and appropriate especially when compact packaging is required. Therefore, there is a need in the art for continuous Development of an automatic packaging unit for stacking asymmetrical packages such as gloves in a bidirectional manner

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