Article orienting device

Details Article orienting device Article orienting device

1993-12-06

1995-04-11

Bidwell, James R.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...

By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...

B65G 4724

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054049911

ABSTRACT:
Most articles such as component parts have a bottom end and a top end, and can take a normal stable upright attitude with said top end up, and an inverted stable upright position with the bottom end up, and has a gravitational center which is offset from a middle point between the top end and the bottom end toward the bottom end. Such component parts may be conveniently oriented into a uniform attitude by placing each component part on a fulcrum at its middle point, and allowing it to assume one of the stable attitudes. Preferably, the fulcrum is defined by a ridge extending longitudinally along a laterally central part of a bottom surface of a channel along which the component part is conveyed. Thus, all the component parts handled by this orienting device are properly oriented in a highly efficient manner and with a minimum dwell time in this device.

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