Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system having auxiliary section for storing items... – Auxiliary section has the same entrance and exit
Patent
1992-01-21
1993-06-08
Olszewski, Robert P.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system having auxiliary section for storing items...
Auxiliary section has the same entrance and exit
198357, 198368, B65G 100
Patent
active
052171019
ABSTRACT:
A first mass flow of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry is transported along a substantially horizontal path wherein the articles are moved sideways, and a second mass flow of articles is transported along a downwardly sloping path which makes with the horizontal path an acute angle and merges into the horizontal path at a junction zone wherein the flow of articles is controlled by a pivotable gate. The gate has a blocking surface which intercepts the articles of the mass flow in the horizontal or sloping path when the gate is moved to a first position, and at least one guide surface which controls the flow of articles in the first or second mass flow during advancement through the junction zone in the first position of the gate. The gate can be pivoted to a second position in which its blocking surface does not interfere with advancement of articles of both mass flows into, through and beyond the junction zone. The gate can be provided with a second guide surface which defines with the blocking surface and an adjacent wall a first-in last-out reservoir for surplus articles in another second position of the gate.
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Gastineau Cheryl L.
Kontler Peter K.
Korber AG
Olszewski Robert P.
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