US3257004A - Stacking device - Google Patents

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US3257004A
US3257004A US330933A US33093363A US3257004A US 3257004 A US3257004 A US 3257004A US 330933 A US330933 A US 330933A US 33093363 A US33093363 A US 33093363A US 3257004 A US3257004 A US 3257004A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F10/00—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
    • A47F10/02—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets
    • A47F10/04—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets for storing or handling self-service hand-carts or baskets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G57/00—Stacking of articles
    • B65G57/02—Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack
    • B65G57/03—Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack from above
    • B65G57/035—Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack from above with a stepwise downward movement of the stack
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G57/00—Stacking of articles
    • B65G57/02—Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack
    • B65G57/16—Stacking of articles of particular shape
    • B65G57/165—Stacking of articles of particular shape nested
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S414/00—Material or article handling
    • Y10S414/10—Associated with forming or dispersing groups of intersupporting articles, e.g. stacking patterns
    • Y10S414/102—Associated with forming or dispersing groups of intersupporting articles, e.g. stacking patterns including support for group
    • Y10S414/103—Vertically shiftable

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  • the present invention relates to a stacking device with a horizontal supporting plate adapted to receive articles of the same type, said supporting plate being guided on a guiding bar for upward and downward movement.
  • the device according to the present invention is in particular intended for stacking shopping baskets in supermarkets, etc., especially at the cashiers station.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view and partial section of a device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of the left-hand portion of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a horizontal section taken along the line Ill-III of FIG. 1.
  • the device according to the present invention is characterized primarily in that in addition to the guiding bar on which an annular member, for instance a sleeve, is slidably mounted for supporting' a supporting plate, there is provided an additional shaft or rod rotatable about its longitudinal axis. Connected to this additional shaft are supporting dogs respectively arranged at different levels for engagement with and supporting said annular member. The said dogs are arranged on said additional shaft along a helix of relatively high pitch. Depending on the angular position of said additional shaft, one or the other of said dogs will become eiective for supporting the supporting plate. Thus, by rotating said additional shaft, said supporting plate may be supported by said dogs at various levels.
  • the said additional shaft is drivingly connected to a handwheel through the intervention of a transmission. By rotating the handwheel, it is thus possible to vary the angular position of said additional shaft and thereby the level atwhich the dogs become effective for supporting the supporting plate.
  • the supporting plate is rst moved into its uppermost or elevated position.
  • the supporting plate moves to a lower position for facilitating the stacking of further baskets.
  • the handwheel is turned so that .the respective dog corresponding to the respective lower position will become elfective.
  • the arrangement shown therein comprises a cashiers table the front wall of which is designated with the reference-numeral 10.
  • the said table furthermore comprises a partition 11, a side wall 12, a bottom plate 13 and supporting legs 14 and 15.
  • the front Wall '10 is provided with a slot 10a through which extends a supporting arm 16 having connected thereto on one hand a supporting plate 17 and on the other hand a guiding sleeve 18. Said supporting platel 19 for vertically guiding supporting plate 17. A movement of the supporting plate 17 in a horizontal plane is prevented by the cooperation of arm 16 with slot 10a.
  • the sleeve 18 may be provided with ball rings the balls of which engage the guiding shaft 19.
  • Sleeve 18 has furthermore connected thereto an extension 21 for a purpose which will presently appear.
  • the arrangement according to the invention furthermore comprises a vertical shaft 22 which is rotatably journalled in suitable bearings for permitting rotation of said shaft about its longitudinal axis.
  • a vertical shaft 22 which is rotatably journalled in suitable bearings for permitting rotation of said shaft about its longitudinal axis.
  • dogs 23a, 23b, 23e and 23d Connected to shaft 22 but otfset with regard to each other in vertical and horizontal direction are dogs 23a, 23b, 23e and 23d the upper ends of which have mounted thereon pressure springs 24a, 24b, 24e and 24d respectively.
  • the upper ends of these pressure springs are coaxially arranged with regard to said shaft 22 and are located along a helix having av relatively high pitch.
  • the said pressure springs are intended yieldably to support and rest the extension 21 and thereby the supporting plate 17
  • a pinion 25 which meshes with an endless chain 26.
  • Chain 26 also meshes with a second pinion 20 rotatably connected to a handwheel 27. It will thus be appreciated that in certain angular positions of handwheel 27 the respective dogs 24a, 24b, 24C and 24d will become effective as supporting means for the supporting plate 17
  • the top portion of shaft 22 is provided with a groove 28 for guiding a cable 29 one end ofwhich is connected to shaft 22 whereas the other end is connected to one end of a tension spring 30 the other end of which is tixedly connected at 31 to the frame of the device.
  • Sleeve 18 is provided with an eye 18a having connected .thereto one end 33 of a cable 34 which passes over an upper roller 35 and a lower roller 36 and has its other end connected to one end of a tension spring 37 the other end of which is connected to a stationary point at 39.
  • shopping baskets 38 may be deposited on supporting plate 17 and may be stacked thereon.
  • the handles 44 of the baskets rest on longitudinal arms 39 of a carriage 41 provided with wheels 40.
  • Carriage 41 is so designed that it may receive two stacks of shopping baskets.
  • a complete stack of shopping baskets on carriage 41 is designated with the reference numeral 43.
  • the arms 39 will also be located in vertical planes laterally of shafts 19 and 22. In this way it is possible for loading stacks of baskets from supporting arm 17 onto carriage 41, first to move carriage 41 toward the right (with regard to FIG. 1) to such an extent that the part now supporting the stack 43 will be located below the supporting plate 17. The arms 39 then engaging the handle 44 of the lowermost basket will support and receive the entire stack. The carriage 41 may then be retracted into the position shown in FIG. 1 in which position it will be ready to receive the next stack supported by supporting plate 17.
  • supporting plate 17 is empty and is to receive baskets, supporting plate 17 is irst moved into its uppermost position by means of spring 37 and cable 34 connected thereto and to sleeve 18.
  • a stacking device for stacking similar objects, especially shopping baskets in self-service stores: supporting means movable upwardly and downwardly for receiving and supporting the baskets to be stacked, guiding means engaged by said supporting plate means at one side edge of the supporting plate means for guiding the latter during its upward and downward movement, means including power storage means connected to said supporting means and operable to move the latter to its elevated position when said supporting plate means does CFI not support any objects to be stacked, a plurality of stop means offset from each other both in horizontal and vertical direction and being operable selectively and individually to be moved into and out of the path of movement of said supporting means for selectively abutting said supporting plate means from beneath and positively stopping said supporting plate means, and means operatively connected to said stop means and operable to actuate the same into and out of eiective position.
  • a stacking device which includes: carriage means having longitudinal rails spaced from each other in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of said rails and having a length at least approximately twice the length of that portion of said supporting plate means which protrudes from said guiding ⁇ post means, said carriage means being movable below said supporting plate means with the rails moving laterally of said guiding post means.

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US3528565A (en) * 1968-12-23 1970-09-15 Emilio M Binzoni Printing plate stacker
ES2854775A1 (es) * 2021-03-15 2021-09-22 Cano Gomez Jose Antonio Máquina elevadora-apiladora de cestas

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US643761A (en) * 1896-08-31 1900-02-20 Ivan Cizek Apparatus for package and postal transmission.
US1029823A (en) * 1911-06-24 1912-06-18 Edwin C Richardson Lifting implement.
US1565984A (en) * 1922-07-07 1925-12-15 Plymouth Gypsum Company Plaster-board-drying apparatus
US2642221A (en) * 1949-01-21 1953-06-16 Owens Illinois Glass Co Truck indexing mechanism
US2925886A (en) * 1956-12-18 1960-02-23 Grondona Store Systems Inc Store merchandise carry-out apparatus
US3101851A (en) * 1958-04-22 1963-08-27 Baker Perkins Inc Pan stacking and unstacking system
US3104141A (en) * 1960-06-30 1963-09-17 Air France Device for distributing trays of food

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US643761A (en) * 1896-08-31 1900-02-20 Ivan Cizek Apparatus for package and postal transmission.
US1029823A (en) * 1911-06-24 1912-06-18 Edwin C Richardson Lifting implement.
US1565984A (en) * 1922-07-07 1925-12-15 Plymouth Gypsum Company Plaster-board-drying apparatus
US2642221A (en) * 1949-01-21 1953-06-16 Owens Illinois Glass Co Truck indexing mechanism
US2925886A (en) * 1956-12-18 1960-02-23 Grondona Store Systems Inc Store merchandise carry-out apparatus
US3101851A (en) * 1958-04-22 1963-08-27 Baker Perkins Inc Pan stacking and unstacking system
US3104141A (en) * 1960-06-30 1963-09-17 Air France Device for distributing trays of food

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US3528565A (en) * 1968-12-23 1970-09-15 Emilio M Binzoni Printing plate stacker
ES2854775A1 (es) * 2021-03-15 2021-09-22 Cano Gomez Jose Antonio Máquina elevadora-apiladora de cestas
WO2022195146A1 (es) * 2021-03-15 2022-09-22 Cano Gomez Jose Antonio Máquina elevadora-apiladora de cestas
US12234109B2 (en) 2021-03-15 2025-02-25 Jose Antonio Cano Gomez Supermarket basket lifting-stacking machine

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