CA2365287A1 - Unscrambling and aligning conveyor - Google Patents

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CA2365287A1
CA2365287A1 CA002365287A CA2365287A CA2365287A1 CA 2365287 A1 CA2365287 A1 CA 2365287A1 CA 002365287 A CA002365287 A CA 002365287A CA 2365287 A CA2365287 A CA 2365287A CA 2365287 A1 CA2365287 A1 CA 2365287A1
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Dematic Corp
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Atecs Mannesmann Ag
Rapistan Systems Advertising Corp.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/06—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines
    • B65G47/08—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding
    • B65G47/082—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding grouping articles in rows
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B65G47/24—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles
    • B65G47/244—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane

Abstract

An unscrambling and aligning conveyor (10) comprises a plurality of tapered rollers (50) attached to a pair of side supports (20, 30). The tapered rollers (50) are driven at a single speed and tapered to a minimum diameter (54) to define an alignment region (42). The tapered rollers (50) create a lateral speed decrease toward the alignment region (42) of the conveyor (10), causing separation and rotation of the articles (A, B, C), and thereby enabling the articles to be singulated in the alignment region (42). The tapered rollers (50) are supported by the side supports such that center axis of each roller (50) is horizontal to thereby defining a downwardly sloping article transport surface (40) which increases movement of the articles (A, B, C) towards the alignment region (42). The unscrambling and aligning conveyor (10) is driven at a speed greater than the input conveyor (14) located adjacently upstream thereof to provide articles with a gap therebetween so that articles (A, B, C) moving along the unscrambling and aligning conveyor (10) are properly singulated.
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US09/258,380 US6253905B1 (en) 1999-02-26 1999-02-26 Unscrambling and aligning conveyor
PCT/EP2000/001410 WO2000051916A2 (en) 1999-02-26 2000-02-22 Unscrambling and aligning conveyor

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