Conveyors: fluid current – Conduit
Patent
1997-01-31
1999-09-07
Pike, Andrew C.
Conveyors: fluid current
Conduit
406 88, 406196, B65G 5102
Patent
active
059476478
ABSTRACT:
An air conveyor apparatus is adapted for conveying bottle containers having a neck ring with an outer diameter dimension. The conveyor apparatus includes a first air conveyor section and a second air conveyor section. The first air conveyor section has a first conveying slot extending longitudinally therethrough in a downstream direction. The first conveying slot is defined by a first pair of mutually opposed, laterally spaced, substantially horizontal flanges. The first pair of flanges are laterally spaced by a distance smaller than the outer diameter dimension of the container neck rings so that the containers can be conveyed with the neck rings sliding in a friction engagement along the first pair of flanges as the containers are conveyed through the first air conveyor section. The second air conveyor section has a second conveying slot extending longitudinally therethrough in the downstream direction. The second conveying slot is defined by a second pair of mutually opposed, laterally spaced, substantially horizontal flanges. The second pair of flanges are also spaced by a distance smaller than the outer diameter dimension of the container neck rings so that the containers can be conveyed with the neck rings sliding in a friction engagement along the second pair of flanges as the containers are conveyed through the second air conveyor section. The second air conveyor section is coupled with the first air conveyor section in a manner so that the second conveying slot receives the containers from the first air conveyor section for continued conveyance of the containers in the downstream direction. An upstream end of the second pair of flanges is proximate a downstream end of the first pair of flanges. The first and second air conveyor sections are coupled with one another in a manner so that the downstream end of the first pair of flanges is spaced slightly above the upstream end of the second pair of flanges.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5567091 (1996-10-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 5630679 (1997-05-01), Simkowski et al.
Ouellette Machinery Systems, Inc.
Pike Andrew C.
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