Combiner for streams of articles, such as bottles

Details Combiner for streams of articles, such as bottles Combiner for streams of articles, such as bottles

1991-09-30

1992-11-24

Dayoan, D. Glenn

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

By queueing items from quantity source of items into stream...

198451, B65G 4768

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051655179

ABSTRACT:
A combiner for a plurality of streams of articles, such as bottles, to be combined into a single stream (4) comprises a starwheel (16, 17) for each stream (1, 2), each starwheel having control fingers (20) spaced around its periphery, the starwheels being oppositely rotated at the same speed in a direction of movement with their control fingers (20) set out-of-phase so that articles are spaced alternately from the streams to enable them to merge. The drive for at least one of the starwheels (16) comprises meshing gears (32, 34) and an adjustment device comprising a plate (33) which has a drive pinion (32) mounted thereon, the plate being pivotal about the axis of the adjacent meshing gear (34) so that the meshing position can be adjusted, thereby causing consequential adjustment of the starwheel to fine tune the out-of-phase setting of its control fingers (20). The starwheels (16, 17) are each mounted on a radial arm (21) which is adjustably supported on an upright (13) to vary the height and spacing of the starwheels for a range of sizes of article. Movement of the plate (33) and the starwheels is accommodated by a telescopic drive shaft (25) and compensating joints (26, 27).

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patent: 4274533 (1981-06-01), Abe

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