Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Reciprocating conveying surface
Patent
1998-02-19
2000-09-12
Ellis, Christopher P.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Reciprocating conveying surface
198539, 1987521, B65G 2700
Patent
active
061164097
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for uniformly distributing parts on a conveyor surface which includes a storage bin for holding randomly oriented parts in bulk, a conveyor adjacent the storage bin for acquiring a fragment of the randomly oriented parts in the storage bin and delivering that fragment of randomly oriented parts to a chute, a vibratory conveyor receiving the fragment of randomly oriented parts from said chute, and a belt conveyor for receiving the randomly oriented parts from said vibratory conveyor. The vibratory conveyor includes at least one rib projecting upward therefrom and extending across at least a section of the vibratory conveyor perpendicular to the direction of conveyance, the at least one rib acting as a flow obstruction to cause the randomly oriented parts traveling on the vibratory conveyor to gather and spread across a width of said vibratory conveyor to thereby spread more uniformly on the vibratory conveyor after passing over the at least one rib.
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Palone Thomas W.
Yokajty Joseph E.
Bocchetti Mark G.
Eastman Kodak Company
Ellis Christopher P.
Tran Khoi H.
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