Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items – By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream
Patent
1987-07-13
1989-05-23
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items
By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream
198817, 4147989, 271151, 271185, 271216, B65G 4731
Patent
active
048321796
ABSTRACT:
A conveyor system for conveying relatively planar articles, e.g. biscuits, comprises a first conveyor comprising a pair of runs of endless belts having operative surfaces defining a first path for biscuits. The operative surfaces of the belts face one another and are symmetrically inclined to the vertical, biscuits being conveyed thereby contacting the belts by their peripheries, and, when at least two biscuits are in contact, assuming an inclined attitude with the upper part of each biscuit leading. A further conveyor providing a further path for biscuits extends upwardly from the outlet end of the first path and, in the region of the outlet end of the first path, means are provided for causing or permitting a change in attitude of the biscuits to bring them to an attitude in which they are substantially parallel to the further path. The attitude changing means may comprise a member extending into a lower part of the first path to be contacted by biscuits as they approach the outlet end of the first path and/or an end portion of the first conveyor in which portion the angle between the belt runs is increased, and the attitude changing means cause or permit a reduction in the angle of inclination of the biscuits.
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Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits Limited
Valenza Joseph E.
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