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US 10,899,562 B2Granted
Apparatus for transferring and/or stacking products
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorMatthew Bernard Overley
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Abstract
An apparatus for transferring and/or stacking products, the apparatus including a frame, a bar conveyor associated with the frame, the bar conveyor having a plurality of flight bars that are independently driven by a plurality of independent drivetrains, a lifting device having a lifting plate, the lifting device being located within the bar conveyor, and at least one pusher.
Claims20
An apparatus for transferring and/or stacking rolled products, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a bar conveyor associated with the frame, the bar conveyor comprising a plurality of first, second, third, and fourth flight bars that are independently driven by a plurality of independent drivetrains, wherein the bar conveyor has a conveyor surface;
- wherein the first flight bar is configured to contact a first trailing end of a first unit of rolled products, and wherein the first flight bar is also configured to contact a second leading end of a second unit of rolled products;
- wherein the second flight bar is configured to contact a first leading end of the first unit of rolled products;
- wherein the third flight bar is configured to contact a second trailing end of the second unit of rolled products, and wherein the third flight bar is configured to contact a third leading end of a third unit of rolled products;
- wherein the fourth flight bar is configured to contact a third trailing end of the third unit of rolled products;
- a lifting device comprising a lifting plate, the lifting device being located within the bar conveyor, wherein the lifting plate comprises a lifting plate surface configured to be in a same plane as the conveyor surface or below the plane of the conveyor surface;
- at least one pusher configured to push the rolled products;
- and
- wherein the at least one pusher is configured to move along a first axis and wherein the lifting device is configured to move along a second axis, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis.
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An apparatus for transferring and/or stacking rolled products, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a bar conveyor associated with the frame, the bar conveyor comprising a plurality of first, second, third, and fourth flight bars that are driven by a plurality of independent drivetrains;
- wherein the first flight bar is configured to contact a first trailing end of a first unit of rolled products, and wherein the first flight bar is also configured to contact a second leading end of a second unit of rolled products;
- wherein the second flight bar is configured to contact a first leading end of the first unit of rolled products;
- wherein the third flight bar is configured to contact a second trailing end of the second unit of rolled products, and wherein the third flight bar is configured to contact a third leading end of a third unit of rolled products;
- wherein the fourth flight bar is configured to contact a third trailing end of the third unit of rolled products;
- a lifting device comprising a lifting plate, the lifting device being located within the bar conveyor;
- a pair of dynamic side compression plates located adjacent the lifting device;
- at least one pusher configured to push the rolled products;
- a loading belt;
- a pair of static side compression plates located adjacent the loading belt;
- and
- wherein the at least one pusher is configured to move along a first axis and wherein the lifting device is configured to move along a second axis, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis.
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An apparatus for transferring and/or stacking rolled products, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a bar conveyor associated with the frame, the bar conveyor comprising a conveyor surface, a receiving end, a transfer end, and a plurality of first, second, third, and fourth flight bars that are driven by a plurality of independent drivetrains;
- wherein the first flight bar is configured to contact a first trailing end of a first unit of rolled products, and wherein the first flight bar is also configured to contact a second leading end of a second unit of rolled products;
- wherein the second flight bar is configured to contact a first leading end of the first unit of rolled products;
- wherein the third flight bar is configured to contact a second trailing end of the second unit of rolled products, and wherein the third flight bar is configured to contact a third leading end of a third unit of rolled products;
- wherein the fourth flight bar is configured to contact a third trailing end of the third unit of rolled products;
- a lifting device comprising a lifting plate having a lifting plate surface, the lifting plate being located between the receiving end of the bar conveyor and the transfer end of the bar conveyor;
- at least one pusher configured to push the rolled products;
- and
- wherein the at least one pusher is configured to move along a first axis and wherein the lifting device is configured to move along a second axis, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.