Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed... – For inverting successive items
Patent
1978-09-05
1980-11-11
Rowland, James L.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...
For inverting successive items
198412, 198466, 198579, B65G 4724
Patent
active
042327776
ABSTRACT:
A pan inverting apparatus comprises an input endless belt and an output endless belt, between which a revolving pan wheel is positioned. The pan wheel includes a plurality of transverse pan receivers opening radially outward to define the circumference thereof. Each pan to be inverted is guided into engagement with the input endless belt and against a movable stop. The stop is synchronized with rotation of the pan wheel to selectively release each pan for chambering into one of the pan receivers for rotation by the pan wheel. After approximately one-half revolution of the pan wheel, the inverted pans are individually engaged by the output endless belt for advancement out of the pan receivers. In the preferred embodiment, cushioning within the pan receivers helps to secure the pans and reduce noise. Preferably, magnets are located subjacent to the input and output endless belts to promote positive frictional engagement with the pans.
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Dobie Michael J.
Honeycutt John D.
Smith Jimmie L.
Rowland James L.
Stewart Engineering & Equipment Company
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