Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed... – By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...
Patent
1989-03-27
1989-12-26
Spar, Robert J.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...
By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...
198396, 198411, 198415, 198454, B65G 4724
Patent
active
048892246
ABSTRACT:
A conveyor system which receives products in random order at its infeed end and delivers product in a serial aligned order at its outlet end. The conveyor system comprises first and second endless belt conveyors which are longitudinally aligned and positioned such that the product exiting the first conveyor is received on the second conveyor. The first conveyor is of a greater width than the second and at the location where they meet is a third endless belt conveyor moving in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal flow direction of the other two. The machine that feeds products to the first conveyor is set at a desired product flow rate in terms of products-per-minute and the speed of the first conveyor is set to handle that capacity. The second belt is driven at a speed equal to or greater than the product-per-minute rate times the product length. As misaligned products flowing on the first conveyor are intercepted by the transversely positioned third conveyor, the products are rotated as they are urged onto the second conveyor so that the length dimension of the products is generally aligned with the second conveyor.
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Bidwell James R.
Doboy Packaging Machinery Inc.
Spar Robert J.
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