Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Stack forming apparatus
Patent
1993-02-19
1996-02-27
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Stack forming apparatus
19880315, 4147977, B65G 6000
Patent
active
054943990
ABSTRACT:
A distributor apparatus is characterized by having a transfer starwheel with individual pockets which are successively advanced beneath a feeder unit, such as, a downstacker mechanism, each pocket having a ring gear and individual feed screw elements controlled by the ring gear to successively engage an outer rim of an individual can end advanced into the pocket by the downstacker and subsequently remove each end from the pocket through rotation of the ring gear when it moves into alignment with a discharge chute. One or more discharge chutes may be placed in the path of movement of the pockets of the transfer starwheel, and output level sensors at each discharge chute determine when ends are to be supplied to each chute.
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Huppert Michael S.
Krizek Janice L.
Rapsco, Inc.
Reilly John E.
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