Conveyors: power-driven – With means to facilitate working – treating – or inspecting... – Means engaging conveyor or load on a conveyor to align load...
Patent
1993-01-28
1994-09-13
Dayoan, D. Glenn
Conveyors: power-driven
With means to facilitate working, treating, or inspecting...
Means engaging conveyor or load on a conveyor to align load...
198841, 19880314, B65G 1564
Patent
active
053460502
ABSTRACT:
An article delivery station alignment apparatus is provided for use with a carousel-type rotary infeed device for articles arranged in stacks of a predetermined length, which infeed device is made of a plurality of carrier pockets each for receiving a stack of articles and movable about a closed chain relative to an article delivery station, located at one end of the chain and defining a vertical axis, wherein articles are to be discharged from the carrier pockets, the carrier pockets and the stacks of articles therein being aligned with respective axes parallel to the vertical axis. The alignment apparatus includes a pair of sprockets, one to either side of the vertical axis of the delivery station and engaging the chain for defining a relatively short, straight segment of chain traversing the article delivery station, and a rigid chain guide located between the sprockets for holding the chain in a relatively straight and rigid condition as it traverses the article delivery station. The invention also provides a stabilizing apparatus including a projecting stabilizer pin on each of the carrier pockets defining a pin axis, a gripping arrangement located at the article delivery station, a pair of complementary rocker members spaced to either side of the pin axis and being mounted for pivotal motion toward and away from the pin axis, and a drive for driving the rocker members between a first position spaced apart from and to either side of the stabilizer pin of a carrier pocket located in the article delivery station and a second position grippingly engaging the stabilizer pin.
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Close, Jr. Thomas E.
Mojden Daniel R.
Dayoan D. Glenn
Fleetwood Systems Inc.
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