Conveyors – chutes – skids – guides – and ways – Chutes – Retarder
Patent
1977-06-14
1978-08-08
Stoner, Jr., Bruce H.
Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways
Chutes
Retarder
188 1R, 214 8, 221307, 271 31, 271 18, 271166, B65G 1120
Patent
active
041051033
ABSTRACT:
Conveyor apparatus for conveying articles such as flat annular can ends and for controlling the rate of feed of the articles. The articles are transported through a conveying conduit defining an elongated passage with an inlet opening for receiving the articles and an outlet opening for discharging the articles. Feed control apparatus is associated with the conduit, preferably near the outlet opening, for controlling the rate of feed of the articles and comprises resilient liner means associated with the conduit means and located at least partially within the passage for frictionally engaging articles in the passage and controlling the rate of movement of the articles therethrough and force applying means associated with the resilient means for forcing the resilient means into frictional engagement with the articles in the passage. The force applying means is used to control the amount of friction exerted by the resilient means on the peripheral surface of the articles. The force applying means may be regulated and adjusted so that the articles exit from the conduit one at a time with a predetermined gap between adjacent articles, as stacks of a predetermined size or the movement of the articles within the conduit may be completely terminated whenever desired.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3464529 (1969-09-01), Horsky
patent: 3489258 (1970-01-01), Stokes
Coors Container Company
Klaas Bruce G.
Nase Jeffrey V.
Stoner Jr. Bruce H.
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