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2007-02-22

2010-02-02

Deuble, Mark A (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items

By depositing items successively from one conveyor onto...

C198S430000, C198S419300

Reexamination Certificate

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07654381

ABSTRACT:
An indexing conveyor1travels at (90) degrees to a wrapping output conveyor (2), which conveys elongate packs (3) of circular biscuits at high speed with their diameter-ends leading. The indexing conveyor1receives the packs (3) and conveys them in an orthogonal direction, with their long-dimensions leading. The indexing conveyor (1) has a regular series of V-section lugs (11), which receive and center the packs (3) and can accommodate a range of diameters of circular packs (3) while maintaining a constant pitch. A pair of lifting bars (12) lifts a group (31) of packs (3) at a time during the dwell period of the index of the (10) conveyor (1). The packs (3) of each group (31) are moved together during the lift so that they are touching, to ensure that a robotic pick-and-place system can pick up the group (31) reliably.

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