Abstract:
Apparatus for feeding veneer to a plywood assembly station is disclosed. The apparatus has three lift tables in line with the assembly station. The back lift table supports a supply of back veneer, the middle lift table supports a supply of face veneer, and the front lift table supports a supply of middle veneer. Two vertically stacked conveyors extend, respectively, from the outer two lift tables to lift tables to transport back veneer and face veneer, respectively, to an upper ready station. A third conveyor, below the other two conveyors, extends from the front lift table to transport middle veneer to a lower ready station. The back and face veneer are released together from the upper ready station to the assembly station, and the middle veneer is released alternately from the lower ready station to the assembly station.
Abstract:
Apparatus for assembling veneer into plywood sheets is disclosed. Two sources of veneer, one above the other, are adjacent an assembly station. The assembly station has a lift table to receive the veneer for assembly. An interrupted slat conveyor takes, alternately, two sheets of veneer from the top source of veneer, and one sheet from the bottom source of veneer. The veneer on the conveyor engages a stop above the lift table to drop between the slats of the conveyor onto the lift table as the slats of the conveyor move out from under the veneer. After each deposit of veneer on the lift table, core pieces are taken from gluing rolls and laid on the deposited veneer, the end core sheet being supported by a retractable support member.