Quick change guide rail assemblies
AssigneeJBT Marel Corporation
InventorsKristen Rose Mason, Chane Lee, Gregory Brinovec
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Abstract
A guide rail device mountable to a container sealing line for guiding moving containers. The guide rail device includes a base mountable to the container sealing line, and a guide rail assembly having a first guide surface adapted to guide containers along a portion of the can sealing line. The guide rail assembly includes a first member, and a second member, wherein the first and second members are adjustably attached to one another. The guide rail assembly is securable to the base after the base is mounted to the container sealing line such that the guide rail assembly and base are self-aligning with respect to one another.
Claims15
A guide rail device mountable to a container sealing line for guiding moving containers, comprising:
- a base mountable to the container sealing line;
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- a guide rail assembly having a first guide surface adapted to guide containers along a portion of the container sealing line, wherein the guide rail assembly comprises:
- a first rail having a body defining first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the first guide surface extends between the first and second surfaces;
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- an adjustment member mateable against a first surface of the body of the first rail, the adjustment member configured to be adjustably attached to the body of the first rail;
- wherein when the adjustment member is mated against the first surface of the body of the first rail and the base is mounted to the container sealing line, the adjustment member is non-adjustably securable to the base, and
- wherein the first rail is adjustable in its position relative to the adjustment member after the adjustment member is non-adjustably secured to the base.
A guide rail device mountable to a container sealing line for guiding moving containers, comprising:
- a base mountable to the container sealing line for supporting the guide rail device in at least one vertical position with respect to the container sealing line;
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- a guide rail assembly, comprising:
- a first guide rail having a body defining first and second opposing surfaces and defining a first guide surface adapted to guide containers along a portion of the container sealing line, wherein the first guide surface extends between the first and second surfaces;
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- an adjustment member mateable against a first surface of the body of the first rail and adjustably securable to the body of the first guide rail in one of a plurality of horizontally displaced positions and securable to the base in a non-adjustable position after being secured to the body of the first guide rail, wherein a selected horizontally displaced position is such that the first guide surface of the first guide rail suitably engages a container of the container sealing line when the adjustment member is secured to the base,
- wherein when the adjustment member is mated against the first surface of the body of the first rail and the base is mounted to the container sealing line, the first rail and the adjustment member are together non-adjustably securable to the base,
- wherein the first rail is adjustable in its position relative to the adjustment member after the first rail and the adjustment member are together non-adjustably secured to the base.
A guide rail device mountable to a container sealing line for guiding moving containers, comprising:
- a base mountable to the container sealing line;
- and
- a guide rail assembly having a first guide surface adapted to guide containers along a portion of the container sealing line, wherein the guide rail assembly comprises:
- a first member;
- a second member, wherein the first and second members are adjustably attachable to one another;
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- a plurality of mounting fasteners for non-adjustably securing the guide rail assembly to the base, wherein each of said mounting fasteners extends through an aperture in the first member and is retained on the guide rail assembly, wherein each of said mounting fasteners includes a mounting bolt having a shaft comprising an upper portion, a threaded middle portion extending from the upper portion, and a lower portion extending from the middle portion,
- wherein the base includes a plurality of mounting apertures for receiving the mounting fasteners therein for non-adjustably securing the guide rail assembly to the base, the mounting apertures extending from a support surface of the base,
- wherein each of the receiving apertures in the base includes an internally threaded first portion adapted for threadably receiving a middle portion of a mounting fastener, and a second guide portion adapted for receiving a lower portion of a mounting fastener for securing the guide rail assembly to the base, and
- wherein the guide rail assembly is securable to the base after the base is mounted to the container sealing line such that the guide rail assembly and base are self-aligning with respect to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.