Air conveyor with floating covers

Details Air conveyor with floating covers Air conveyor with floating covers

1994-04-13

1996-04-02

Hoge, Gary C.

Conveyors: fluid current

Having means for maintaining load in suspension along flow path

By load supporting jets

B65G 5103

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055035051

ABSTRACT:
An improved air conveyor for conveying a plurality of articles such as cans in an upright orientation between stations in a multi-step process includes an elongate deck having a plurality of openings for directing air upwardly and in a direction in which articles are to be conveyed and guides mounted to opposite lateral sides of the deck for maintaining articles upon the deck while being conveyed thereover. A top cover assembly includes at least one perforated panel vertically spaced above the deck and extending over an area substantially similar to the area defined by the deck. A plurality of cover panels overlie the perforated panel. Retaining structures maintain the cover panels substantially in place laterally while permitting movement thereof toward and away from the perforated panel for regulating air flow through portions of the perforated panel in response to variations in air pressure beneath the perforated panel.

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patent: 4828434 (1989-05-01), Fairman et al.
patent: 5129765 (1992-07-01), Smith et al.
patent: 5299890 (1994-04-01), Spatafora

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