Apparatus for separating article groups of variable length from

Details Apparatus for separating article groups of variable length from Apparatus for separating article groups of variable length from

1985-05-08

1989-05-09

Spar, Robert J.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items

By shifting group of items simultaneously from stream...

1984187, 53542, B65G 4726

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048281018

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for cyclically separating articles in groups, includes a guide floor on which the articles are forwarded in a direction of advance in an edgewise standing orientation to form an article stack of undetermined length thereon; a pickup gate arranged for geing abutted by a leading article in the stack; a separating member arranged for being introduced between two articles of the stack at a predetermined distance from the pickup gate upstream thereof as viewed in the direction of advance for separating a group of articles of predetermined length from the article stack; a driving mechanism for cyclically introducing the separating member between two articles of the stack and moving the pickup gate and the separating member together in a stroke of predetermined length for shifting away the article group situated between the pickup gate and the separating member from the article stack of undetermined length; a first setting mechanism for varying the distance of the separating member from the pickup gate to vary the length of the article groups and a second setting mechanism for altering the position of the guide floor parallel to the direction of advance of the articles.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2954881 (1960-10-01), Hopton et al.
patent: 3037610 (1962-06-01), Morton et al.
patent: 4018031 (1977-04-01), Smaw
patent: 4098392 (1978-07-01), Greene

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