Printing – Special article machines – Rotating object
Patent
1984-11-20
1986-12-30
Crowder, Clifford D.
Printing
Special article machines
Rotating object
198384, 198393, 198397, B65G 4724, B41F 1736
Patent
active
046320288
ABSTRACT:
A carrier for aligning a plurality of generally cylindrical articles for presentation to a printing apparatus incorporates at least one pocket having a pair of recesses formed at an angle to one another, a first of the recesses being oriented so as to receive an article from an article rectification apparatus and a second of the recesses being oriented so as to present the article to the printing apparatus, and sloping surfaces connecting the pair of recesses so that an article received in the first recess is capable of being transported along the sloping surfaces to the second recess as the carrier proceeds to the printing apparatus. An article orienting apparatus which incorporates such a carrier; an improved feed mechanism comprised of at least one finger positioned in the feed hopper so as to longitudinally reciprocate in an arcuate path along the surface of the rectifying drum; and an improved mechanism for providing a vacuum to selected portions of the various drums which comprise the article orienting apparatus.
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