Conveyor with high speed case turner

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1995-04-17

1998-01-13

Merritt, Karen B.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...

By conveyor and means driven for turning successive conveyed...

B65G 4724

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057069298

ABSTRACT:
A roller conveyor is provided with a rotating turning wheel disposed along one side of the conveyor and engaging and turning products as the products are moved along the conveyor. The rotating wheel is provided with a conically-shaped upper surface having a lower edged disposed below the level of the plane of the conveyor. An adjustable guide bar directs products to an area of the wheel displaced from the outer edge of the wheel by a selected distance. As the product engages the wheel, a portion of the product is raised to facilitate turning of the product and a force extending in the direction of travel is applied to the product in the area of contact with the wheel. The wheel is mounted on a vertically extending shaft further having a drive disc mounted thereon. A drive wheel mounted on a horizontally extending shaft rotates the drive disc. A pulley mounted on the horizontal shaft is driven by the conveyor roller drive belt. The rotational speed of the wheel is adjustable relative to the speed of the conveyor by adjustment of the drive wheel on the horizontal shaft and is adjusted to advance products in the direction of travel at a speed slower than the speed of the conveyor.

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