Container orienting apparatus

Details Container orienting apparatus Container orienting apparatus

1982-09-30

1984-08-14

Spar, Robert J.

Conveyors: power-driven

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

By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...

198416, B65G 4724

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044651759

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus including a continuously traveling conveyor belt upon which containers which have dissimilar opposed panels are carried in line singly through a zone where the containers are separated from each other a small amount and then are permitted to pass in single line through the orienting device which, in those cases where the container is properly oriented, will permit the container to travel undisturbed through the orienting area. In the event the container arrives at the orienting position with its panels in the wrong directions, the container will be turned through 180.degree. about its vertical axis by the movement of the container between a pair of rollers, one of which is a live rubber wheel while the other is a driven wheel having a sponge rubber surface, such that the container having its concave side facing the live rubber roller and its opposite side engaging the sponge rubber roller turns away from the sponge rubber roller, the forwardly moving end of the container engaging an oppositely driven live rubber roller which moves that forward end of the container in a rearward direction while the sponge rubber roller moves the container, at the opposite end, in a forward direction to properly orient the container. After leaving the orientation area, the container is confined to a generally straight run area by engagement of the neck of the container with a pair of opposed neck guides.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3493096 (1970-02-01), Antoszewski et al.
patent: 4149621 (1979-04-01), Sollenberger et al.
patent: 4308943 (1982-01-01), Gierhart

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