Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed... – With pressurized fluid causing change in attitude
Patent
1993-06-24
1994-08-02
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...
With pressurized fluid causing change in attitude
198395, 198397, 198400, 1986902, 19880311, B65B 4724
Patent
active
053337166
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method is provided for producing an oriented single file of articles comprising a conveyor having pockets for receiving articles, a lateral support surface forming a drop zone between it and an edge of the conveyor, a device for determining the direction in which articles are lying within the pockets, and a device for moving articles lying in one direction out of the pocket and onto the support surface. The pockets may be relatively quickly and easily changed to accommodate articles having different widths.
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Anderson Phillip S.
Hoppmann Kurt H.
Schmitt Werner H.
Vaughn Charles
Hoppmann Corporation
Valenza Joseph E.
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