Transfer wheel

Details Transfer wheel Transfer wheel

2008-09-09

2008-09-09

Joerger, Kaitlin S (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Delivering

With transfer means between conveyor and receiver

C271S306000, C271S244000, C271S277000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11454534

ABSTRACT:
A transfer wheel removes flat products from one location, such as an overhead conveyor, spaces the products apart, reorients them and then transfers the products to a second conveyor or other location. The transfer wheel is eccentrically mounted within a circular frame. Grippers mounted on radially-moving spokes of the transfer wheel rotate as the wheel turns, to reorient the products, for example from vertical to horizontal, so they can be laid flat on the second conveyor. The eccentric mounting of the wheel causes the spokes to increase the spacing between adjacent products as the wheel turns, to prepare the products for later processing.

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