Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – Nongravity type
Patent
1978-02-21
1979-04-03
Paperner, L. J.
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
Nongravity type
198479, 414753, B65G 6538
Patent
active
041472659
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for article deposit and/or removal from carrier cases and comprising a pair of endless carrier conveyors operatively positioned on an upper portion of a frame in adjacent parallel relationship for movement through a fixed course extending longitudinally of the frame; a plurality of positioning members or carrier bars for article grippers are operatively connected to the carrier conveyors for movement therewith, which positioning members extend transversely of the frame and have the article grippers depending therefrom; and a pantograph that extends longitudinally of the frame is present for each set of carrier bars corresponding to the array of articles in the cases to be processed, the pantograph has a leading and a trailing end with different ends being secured to different ones of the conveyors for movement therewith. Unitary drives are provided for the conveyors and a control connects the drives to the conveyors to drive the same and permit control of the relationship of one conveyor to the other for changing the effective longitudinal length of the pantograph and the spacing of the positioning members longitudinally of the apparatus for adjustment to cases of different sizes and to different article arrays or groupings.
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patent: 3272360 (1966-09-01), van der Schoot
patent: 3289867 (1966-12-01), Burke
patent: 3542412 (1970-11-01), Koch et al.
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McGill Robert W.
Winiasz Michael E.
A-T-O Inc.
Paperner L. J.
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