Bag turning apparatus

Details Bag turning apparatus Bag turning apparatus

1988-09-30

1989-11-28

Spar, Robert J.

Conveyors: power-driven

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

By optionally facing successive items according to a...

198395, 1984641, 198859, B65G 4724

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048831620

ABSTRACT:
A bag turner for rotating a bag having a front and side surface and moving along a path on a conveyor. The bag turner has a bag turning wheel having an axis of rotation substantially normal to the plane of the conveyor and offset to the side of the path of the bags. The wheel has a first and second radial member. Each the radial member extends from a hub on an axis in a horizontal plane to form a substantially right angle. The radial members engage a bag moving on the conveyor turn the bag as the wheel turns. A means for raising the bag turning wheel to permit free passage of the bags on the conveyor is provided.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2805753 (1957-09-01), Palmer
patent: 3827577 (1974-08-01), Kurk et al.

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