Claims
- 1. A feeding conveyor for feeding articles laterally onto another conveyor, particularly a sorting conveyor, by a movement obliquely inwardly and forwardly towards the latter conveyor, in an intermediate area of the feeding conveyor there is arranged a generally V-shaped stop means comprising an operationally unitary structure for temporarily stopping as well as centering and lining up of articles in conjunction with the action of said feeding conveyor, said V-shaped stop means being movable towards and retractable away from its stop position as a unit for releasing the centered and lined up article for transfer thereof to the sorting conveyor.
- 2. A feeding conveyor according to claim 1, in which the V-shaped stop member is constituted by a plurality of stop pins as projecting upwardly, in a downwardly retractable manner, through the spaces between mutually spaced conveyor belts as constituting the feeding conveyor.
- 3. A feeding conveyor according to claim 1, in which a fixed guiding edge is provided for defining the position of the articles in the transverse direction of the feeding conveyor.
- 4. A feeding conveyor according to claim 1, in which the opposed sides of the V-stop are located, respectively, parallel with and orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the sorting conveyor.
- 5. A method for feeding articles laterally onto another conveyor comprising the steps of
- feeding articles on a feeder conveyor by movement obliquely inwardly and forwardly towards the another conveyor,
- vertically raising a V-shaped stop means in front of an article on the feeder conveyor,
- effecting lining up of the article abutting the V-shaped stop means in a desired orientation by action of the feeder conveyor, while the V-shaped stop means is temporarily held stationary, and
- vertically lowering the V-shaped stop means to allow the article to be fed onto the another conveyor in the desired orientation.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 639,405, filed Aug. 10, 1984, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (1)
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3660077 |
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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0035741 |
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Continuations (1)
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