Apple orienting device

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1986-11-10

1988-05-24

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...

By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...

B65G 4724

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047460016

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an apple orienting device suited to orient apples, particularly those apples which are relatively long as compared to their diameter. The orientor includes a set of rollers which are rotated intermittently and are mounted on a shaft adjacent to one end of an apple carrying receptacle to roll the end of a long apple upwardly so as to orient the apple vertically in the receptacle. The orientor also includes a larger wheel for rotation adjacent to one side of the apple receptacle that has a number of protuberances spaced along its circumference to align the core of apples in the receptacle with the rollers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2980232 (1961-04-01), Skog
patent: 3563362 (1968-02-01), Tomelleri
patent: 3738474 (1973-06-01), Ellis
patent: 4169528 (1979-10-01), Amstad

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