PAUL ALLEN DAVIS
Pilots at Governors Dr, Elmore, AL
License number
Alabama A4647740
Issued Date
Jul 2015
Expiration Date
Jul 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
6760 Governors Dr, Elmore, AL 36025
Professional information
Palletizer With Air Assisted Slide Plate Assembly And Indexing Pallet Hoist
US Patent:
5868549, Feb 9, 1999
Filed:
Aug 29, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/920575
Inventors:
M. Horace Lee - Wetumpka AL
Phillip W. Edwards - Montgomery AL
Paul A. Davis - Elmore AL
John J. Wilkins - Cincinnati OH
Phillip W. Edwards - Montgomery AL
Paul A. Davis - Elmore AL
John J. Wilkins - Cincinnati OH
Assignee:
HK Systems, Inc. - New Berlin WI
International Classification:
B65G 5724
US Classification:
4147916
Abstract:
A palletizer has an improved slide plate assembly and an improved indexing hoist. The slide plate assembly incorporates measures to reduce friction between it and the bags or other articles being handled by it. The orientation of the slide plates of the assembly are altered ninety degrees with respect to traditional slide plate orientation to eliminate the deadplate encountered by articles sliding along the slide plates. An air assist mechanism also is incorporated into the slide plate assembly to produce an air cushion between the articles and the top surface of the slide plates. The hoist, which is designed to index upwardly after receiving a layer of articles to compress that layer against the bottom surface of the slide plate assembly to flatten the articles and to force air out of them, incorporates an improved controller that causes the hoist to assuredly impart the desired compressive force to the articles without over-compressing the articles or overloading the hoist's lift motor.