Method and device for forming groups of products

Details Method and device for forming groups of products Method and device for forming groups of products

2005-07-05

2005-07-05

Bidwell, James R. (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream

C198S812000, C198S418700

Reexamination Certificate

active

06913135

ABSTRACT:
A method and device for forming groups of products, whereby a substantially continuous input succession of products is fed to an input of an endless conveyor, which has a conveying branch and a return branch extending between the input and an output, and which has a variable speed drive member operated to impart a variable speed to the conveyor at the input, and to generate, along the conveying branch, a succession of equally spaced on-line gaps defining a succession of groups of products; the conveying and return branches are both engaged by a powered compensating device for varying the lengths of the conveying and return branches in complementary manner, so as to maintain a constant speed of the conveyor at the output and compensate for any gaps in the input succession. (FIG.1)

REFERENCES:
patent: 2932376 (1960-04-01), Millington
patent: 4684008 (1987-08-01), Hayashi et al.
patent: 4881635 (1989-11-01), Raschke
patent: 4961488 (1990-10-01), Steeghs
patent: 5060454 (1991-10-01), Benz
patent: 5322154 (1994-06-01), Lenherr
patent: 5547004 (1996-08-01), Fransen
patent: 5720149 (1998-02-01), Stimpfl
patent: 5772005 (1998-06-01), Hansch
patent: 682385 (1993-09-01), None
patent: 2330600 (1999-04-01), None
Espacenet English Abstract of CH 682,385.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Method and device for forming groups of products does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Method and device for forming groups of products, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and device for forming groups of products will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3378140