Conveyors – chutes – skids – guides – and ways – Orienter – Manual or mechanical means moves article to upset
Patent
1988-07-26
1990-03-13
Spar, Robert J.
Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways
Orienter
Manual or mechanical means moves article to upset
198399, 198409, 198403, 193 48, B65G 1120
Patent
active
049076868
ABSTRACT:
An electromechanical manipulation system for reorienting the position of sensed conveyed articles such as rail tie plates upon an inclined conveyor surface includes first and second transverse openings in the inclined conveyor surface, the second opening being located closer to the upper conveyor end than the first opening, a stop member located in the first opening and adapted for reciprocal vertical movement therein to obstruct the descent of improperly oriented individual plates down the conveyor surface. Once the descent of the plate has been stopped, a reciprocal flipper member located in the second and opening of the conveyor is adapted to impart an impulse to an end of the immobilized plate to cause the plate to be inverted and thus properly oriented upon the conveying surface. Once inverted, the flipper member and the stop member quickly retract to permit the properly oriented plate to continue its descent and also to prepare for the descent of the next plate.
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Dayoan D. Glenn
Oak Industries Inc.
Spar Robert J.
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