Article spacing apparatus

Details Article spacing apparatus Article spacing apparatus

1984-04-05

1986-09-02

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream

198462, B65G 4726

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046090959

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for providing a uniform spacing between articles supported on and advanced by a conveyor in a conveying direction, comprises a carrier arranged for travel in the conveying direction at a speed less than that of the conveyor and a plurality of spacer units mounted uniformly spaced on the carrier. Each spacer unit includes a spacer gate having a working position in which the spacer gate is abutted by an article advanced by the conveyor and an idling position in which articles advanced by the conveyor pass by the spacer gate unhindered. Each spacer unit further has a sensor element supported upstream of the spacer gate and is displaceable by an article before the article abuts said spacer gate; and actuating mechanism operatively coupled to the sensor element and to the spacer gate which belongs to an immediately upstream located spacer unit for moving the last-named spacer gate from the idling position to the working position in response to a displacement of the sensor element by the article.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3162294 (1964-12-01), Dieter
patent: 3335841 (1967-08-01), Klingel et al.

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