Apparatus for forming groups of articles, particularly for autom

Details Apparatus for forming groups of articles, particularly for autom Apparatus for forming groups of articles, particularly for autom

1988-12-07

1991-02-12

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items

Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally spaced...

198430, B65G 4726

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049917080

ABSTRACT:
A line for the positive conveyance of packaged articles (for example food products) extends in correspondence with a removal station at which groups of a predetermined number of the articles must be brought to a substantially stationary condition for a predetermined time interval. The duration of this interval is such as to enable the operation of a removal unit, such as a manipulator, a robot, etc. The conveyor line operated intermittently with a condition in which it is substantially stationary during the removal period and a condition of movement in which the line advances by a number of positions equal to the number of articles in each group. The articles, which are supplied in a substantially but not necessarily continuous flow, are accumulated, using a spacer conveyor upstream of the batching conveyor which supplies the conveyor line. The conveyors in question also move intermittently in synchronism with the movement of the conveyor line. The articles are accumulated upstream of the batching conveyor using a further conveyor which is in continuous motion and on which the articles are transported with the ability to slide.

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