Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items – By shifting group from row conveyor onto row conveyor
Patent
1994-09-28
1996-08-27
Bidwell, James R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items
By shifting group from row conveyor onto row conveyor
198429, B65G 4726
Patent
active
055491910
ABSTRACT:
A mechanism is provided for transferring containers from a packaging machine to a pair of continuously moving outfeed conveyors which then route the containers to another location in the packaging facility. The packaging machine includes a vacuum cup which carries a row of container. The vacuum cup is movable to position the row of containers in place in front of a pair of pusher plates. The pusher plates are driven transversely across the vacuum cup to transfer the containers to a pair of puller plates positioned on the opposite side of the vacuum cup. As the pusher plates extend, they push the containers against sidewalls on the puller plates, aligning the cartons in rows running parallel to the outfeed conveyors. The puller plates then move transversely to align the rows of cartons with the outfeed conveyor. Once the puller plates are aligned with the conveyors, an unloader mechanism pushes in the containers onto the outfeed conveyors.
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Itoh Kosaku
Lofstedt Jorgen
Nilsson Christer
Prochut Richard
Yokoyama Ikuro
Bidwell James R.
Burkhart Patrick N.
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
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