STACKING UNIT OF SLATS ON A SUPPORT LADDER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VENETIAN BLINDS AND METHOD OF STACKING SLATS ON A SUPPORT LADDER

摘要

The invention concerns a unit for stacking slats on a support ladder, comprising: - means 20 to guide a slat L along a longitudinal insertion lane X on an insertion plane m; - means 30 for positioning a ladder on a positioning plane p incident to the insertion plane m at an area of engagement 2 with the slats; - means 40 for associating the slat to the ladder at the area of engagement 2; and a loader 50, placed above the insertion plane m, within which, one at a time, the slats are progressively pushed, juxtaposed to each other, after being associated to the ladder. The stacking unit comprises means 11, 12 for laterally containing the movements of each of the two uprights P1, P2 of the ladder between two vertical guide planes V1, V2 that extend parallel to the longitudinal insertion lane. Each of the two vertical guide planes V1, V2 extend laterally to the lane X near one of the two side edges X1, X2 of the same lane, externally thereto.