Pattern forming apparatus and product orienter therefor

Details Pattern forming apparatus and product orienter therefor Pattern forming apparatus and product orienter therefor

1983-01-12

1985-06-11

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...

By optionally facing successive items according to a...

198339, 198434, 414 67, B65G 4724

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045222924

ABSTRACT:
An in-line pattern forming apparatus includes a windowed endless roller conveyor disposed in a longitudinal system path for sequentially receiving sets of articles. A friction shoe shifts the set of articles through the conveyor window to an underlying turntable which is rotatable for selectively reorienting the set, whereupon the lead roller at the end of the window pushes the set off the turntable to a staging support which sequentially receives a plurality of sets to form a pattern. The pattern is then swept as a unit from the staging support to a container loader or other associated apparatus in the system path. Means may be provided for selectively shifting sets of articles on the staging support laterally of the path to facilitate formation of certain patterns.

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patent: 4205742 (1980-06-01), Thomas et al.
patent: 4352616 (1982-10-01), Brenner

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