Article aligning apparatus

Details Article aligning apparatus Article aligning apparatus

2007-01-02

2007-01-02

Hess, Douglas A. (Department: 3651)

Material or article handling

Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...

Stack forming apparatus

C198S447000, C198S575000, C198S699100

Reexamination Certificate

active

11150713

ABSTRACT:
An article aligning apparatus for aligning a plurality article tiers to be loaded into a carton. Each article tier comprises an article array delivered from an in-feed stream at an in-feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises an article conveyor for conveying a lower article tier, a first article conveying means including one or more lugs mounted on an endless track for selecting an upper article tear and for conveying the upper article tier to a point of vertical alignment with the lower article tier, thereafter to be stacked and conveyed to the out feed end of the apparatus.

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