Patents Assigned to Toptier, Inc.
  • Compact palletizer
    Patent number: 7802959
    Abstract: A compact palletizer combines a plate apron and an apron conveyor as a layer build area positionable both vertically and horizontally to implement receipt and organization of items as layers and to stack item layers on a pallet. A puller bar serves to pull item rows into layers in a layer building operation and to act as a backstop in delivering an item layer onto a stack of items. An apron serves to also deliver empty pallets to a stack build area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: TopTier Inc.
    Inventors: Cary Michael Pierson, Stephen L. Heston
  • Palletizer puller bar
    Patent number: 7736120
    Abstract: In an item-handling device, a layer head includes an item layer building platform defining an item receiving plane, the layer building platform being vertically positionable. A puller bar mounts to the layer head and moves in relation thereto within a plane above the item-receiving plane. The puller bar is positionable between a retracted position above the layer building platform and an extended position offset from the layer building platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Toptier, Inc.
    Inventors: Cary Michael Pierson, Stephen L. Heston