Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed... – By member adjacent conveyor for contacting successive...
Patent
1998-05-18
2000-08-29
Ellis, Christopher P.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...
By member adjacent conveyor for contacting successive...
198408, 198418, 198416, 198724, B65G 4724
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active
06109420&
ABSTRACT:
A unit (1) for feeding a succession of sealed packages (2) containing pourable food products along a first path (P) from a supply station (4) to an output station (5), and for simultaneously tipping the packages (2) from a supply position in which the packages (2) are positioned with a respective axis (A) oriented in a first direction (B), to an output position in which the respective axis (A) is oriented in a second direction (C) perpendicular to the first direction (B); the unit (1) having a number of push arms (15) for feeding respective packages (2) along the first path (P), an actuating member (14) for moving the arms (15) along an endless second path (S) having a portion (S.sub.1) in common with the first path (P), a guide (17) extending substantially along the first path (P) and cooperating with the packages (2) to move the packages (2) gradually from the supply position to the output position, and a cam (18) cooperating with each arm (15) to move the arm (15), along the first path (P), between at least a first operating position interacting with and pushing the respective package (2), and a second operating position releasing the package (2).
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Friberg Lennart
Poppi Luca
Ellis Christopher P.
Shapiro Jeffrey A.
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
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