Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed... – By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...
Patent
1981-10-26
1987-09-01
Spar, Robert J.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...
By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...
198396, 198398, 198416, 198580, 198636, B65G 4724
Patent
active
046902660
ABSTRACT:
Belt conveyor comprises first and second endless belts in side-by-side relationship which move in opposite directions. Articles such as connector housings are loaded onto the first belt at its first end and carried towards the second end of the first belt. The articles may be in either of two stable attitudes. A sorting guide extends transversely across the first belt and separates the articles in the second stable attitude from those in the first attitude, the articles in the second attitude being pushed onto the second belt. The articles pushed onto the second belt are carried to the first end of the second belt and transferred laterally to the first end of the first belt. The attitudes of the articles transferred are changed during transfer so that they are then in the first stable attitude. The articles which pass the sorting guides in the first attitude are guided to the second end of the first belt, transferred to the second end of the second belt, and then transported to a discharge station at the first end of the second belt. These articles are reoriented during travel on the second belt so that they are all in the first stable attitude and in a preferred specific orientation.
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Handbook of Feeding & Orienting Techniques for Small Parts--by G. Boothroyd--Automation Project, University of Massachusetts.
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Croman Stanley W. T.
Jordan Janet M.
Paukovits Jr. Edward J.
AMP Incorporated
Holmes Jonathan D.
Raring Frederick W.
Spar Robert J.
Terrell Thomas G.
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