Method and apparatus for aligning elongated articles

Details Method and apparatus for aligning elongated articles Method and apparatus for aligning elongated articles

1989-09-01

1990-10-30

Culver, Horace M.

Package making

Methods

Group forming of contents into a unit

53446, 53148, 53544, 53236, 53247, 198397, B65B 1934, B65B 3556

Patent

active

049659847

ABSTRACT:
A novel method and apparatus for aligning elongated articles, such as french fried potatoes, includes a bucket for receiving a charge of the articles. Configured with the bucket is a conveyor having an endless belt with a plurality of spaced flights that each receive a portion of the charge. The articles are aligned by the conveyor and presented to a collector bucket configured to store the aligned charge portions prior to discharge to a bagging machine.

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