Jam compensation in delivering dispenser cap assemblies

Details Jam compensation in delivering dispenser cap assemblies Jam compensation in delivering dispenser cap assemblies

1987-04-29

1988-05-24

Spar, Robert J.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...

By passive material-diverting means placed across the flow path

198358, B65G 3700

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047460024

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for orienting and delivering dispenser cap assemblies includes a transfer arrangement for accepting oriented cap assemblies from an orienter and stabilizing the cap assemblies into a stabilized stream of oriented cap assemblies for further operations, the transfer arrangement having a guide track with a gate section at a jam-prone portion of the guide track and a diverter section upstream of the gate section such that upon the occurence of a jam in the jam-prone portion, the gate section is actuated to open the jam-prone portion and clear the jam, and the diverter section is actuated to divert further cap assemblies away from the jam-prone portion until the jam is cleared.

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