Apparatus for righting animal cages from a washing device
AssigneeVisron Design, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin I. Yager, Jeffrey C. Robertson
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Abstract
A cage orienting apparatus for use in an object cleaning and filling system includes a first conveyor device; a second conveyor device; and a rotating mechanism, operatively connected to the first conveyor device and the second conveyor device, configured to rotate the first conveyor device and the second conveyor device 180°. The first conveyor device and the second conveyor device being positioned such that the first conveyor device and the second conveyor device are substantially parallel.
Claims22
A cage orienting apparatus for use in an object cleaning and filling system comprising:
- a first conveyor device;
- a second conveyor device;
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- a rotating mechanism, operatively connected to said first conveyor device and said second conveyor device, configured to rotate said first conveyor device and said second conveyor device 180°;
- said first conveyor device and said second conveyor device being positioned such that said first conveyor device and said second conveyor device are substantially parallel.
An animal cage cleaning and filling system comprising:
- a washing device having a first conveyor which transports an animal cage through a washing station in an open side down orientation;
- a bedding dispenser having a second conveyor for transporting said animal cage through a filling station in an open side up orientation to dispense bedding material therein;
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- a cage orienting apparatus located between said first conveyor and said second conveyor;
- said cage orienting apparatus including
- a first conveyor device,
- a second conveyor device, and
- a rotating mechanism, operatively connected to said first conveyor device and said second conveyor device, configured to rotate said first conveyor device and said second conveyor device 180°;
- said first conveyor device and said second conveyor device being positioned such that said first conveyor device and said second conveyor device are substantially parallel.
A method of orienting a cage for use in an object cleaning and filling system, comprising:
- (a) receiving a cage in an open side down orientation from an object cleaning system;
- (b) engaging the received cage using a conveyor system, the conveyor system having two operatively connected parallel conveying devices;
- (c) rotating the conveyor system, with the received cage engaged therebetween, 180° such that the received cage engaged therebetween is in an open side up orientation;
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- (d) conveying, using the conveyor system, the received cage, in the open side up orientation, to a filling system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.