Package making – Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further... – Long slender articles
Patent
1989-08-22
1990-09-11
Spruill, Robert L.
Package making
Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further...
Long slender articles
53167, 53236, 53525, 53540, 53544, 198396, 1984186, B65B 122, B65B 3532, B65B 6508, B65G 4714
Patent
active
049551787
ABSTRACT:
An alignment apparatus is disclosed for aligning weighed batches or elongated objects, such as French-Fried potato strips. The batch of objects is weighed in a scale and discharged onto a moving conveyor belt which separates the objects and projects such objects from the conveyor into a vibrated alignment container including a first container means having a curved deflector wall and a second container means with a gated discharge outlet. The objects impact a vertically-curved rear deflector wall of the first alignment container means in a direction substantially perpendicular thereto and may fall into contact with a straight front deflector wall so that they are aligned substantially parallel to such rear wall when they fall into the supply inlet of a second container means. The second container means if a rectangular tube having a gate at its discharge outlet which is normally closed. The objects are further aligned and compacted in the container tube and are discharged by opening the gate as a batch of aligned objects of small size and predetermined weight into a packaging machine which packages the weighed batch of aligned objects.
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Bianca Beth
Lamb-Weston, Inc.
Spruill Robert L.
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