Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Having means to enhance the friction or adherence between...
Patent
1997-06-23
1999-10-05
Bidwell, James R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Having means to enhance the friction or adherence between...
B65G 1746
Patent
active
059609338
ABSTRACT:
A method and a conveyor system for conveying a container along a continuous belt without substantial transverse movement is disclosed in the present invention. The conveyor system has a pair of rotating cylinders and a continuous belt having a plurality of compressible cavities thereon. The cavities are compressed as the belt engages with the cylinders thereby creating a potential vacuum. Before expansion of the cavity, a container is placed above the cavity which has a vacuum exerted thereon when the cavity is expanded. In this manner, the container is secured in a set position as it is conveyed from one end of the belt to another end. This allows an action to be performed on the container during the conveyance such as the printing of a digital image on a surface of the container.
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Bidwell James R.
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA
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