Vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator

Details Vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator Vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator

1990-02-20

1991-11-12

Werner, Frank E.

Material or article handling

Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...

Unstacking apparatus

186 52, 271 94, 271 99, 221123, 221131, 221133, B65H 308, B65G 5900

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050643410

ABSTRACT:
A vacuum beam product singulator to singulate "soft" products in an automated order dispensing system (AOS) is comprised of a product cartridge and an inclined conveyor belt. The conveyor belt picks the products from the bottom of the cartridge using a vacuum control element and carries it up the conveyor until it reaches a pinch roller that holds the product ready to be dispensed to a central conveyor of the AOS. Products are picked from the product cartridge by the inclined conveyor in an unbalanced position such that a product will fall off the conveyor unless held by a vacuum generated by the vacuum control element. Thus, random multiplies removed from the cartridge with the picked product fall off the conveyor. The product stream from the hopper is thereby singulated.

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