Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items – By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream
Patent
1991-01-31
1992-07-07
Olszewski, Robert P.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items
By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream
1986891, 198396, B65G 4731
Patent
active
051275112
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are provided for sorting and transporting cylindrical articles from a jumbled mass into a continuous stream of uniformly spaced articles aligned end-to-end. The methods include the steps of sorting, spacing and incorporating the spaced apart articles into component assemblies. The invention apparatus comprises a bowl feeder, a series of frictional, suction and lugged belt conveyors and a plurality of vacuum transfer and assembly drums. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensors, a control system and transmission systems for regulating the sorting and transfer of the articles, for synchronizing transfer of the articles between apparatus subsystems, and for incorporating the articles into component assemblies.
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Keen, Jr. Billy J.
Reich Richard B.
Scott George R.
Bidwell James R.
Olszewski Robert P.
Philip Morris Incorporated
Pisano Nicola A.
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