Apparatus for converting a multi-row stream of upright articles,

Details Apparatus for converting a multi-row stream of upright articles, Apparatus for converting a multi-row stream of upright articles,

1988-10-31

1990-10-16

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

By queueing items from quantity source of items into stream...

19880316, B65G 4752

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049628429

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is disclosed for converting a multi-row stream row of upright articles, such as bottles, into a single row. The apparatus includes a rectilinear supply conveyor for supplying the upright articles in adjacent rows, a rotating conical surface located adjacent to the supply conveyor which receives the articles from the supply conveyor, a removal conveyor, and a frame-fixed guide surface extending spirally outwardly along the conical surface in the direction of rotation of the conical surface. The supply conveyor having a guide surface which extends in an arc at an end region in a direction opposite to a spiral arc of the frame-fixed guide surface and which merges into the spiral arc of the frame-fixed guide surface for continuous supply of upright articles to the conical surface. The guide surface of the supply conveyor extends radially inwardly towards a center of the conical surface and terminates radially inwardly of an outer peripheral edge of the conical surface.

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