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US 2001/0041101 A1Published application
Braking system for air conveyors
AssigneeOuellette Machinery Systems, Inc.
InventorJOSEPH F. OUELLETTE
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Abstract
A braking system is provided along one of a pair of guide rails of an air conveyor that transports plastic bottles along a pathway between the pair of guide rails. The braking system is selectively actuated to move into the pathway defined by the guide rails decreasing its width and positioning a stop of the braking system in the pathway where it will engage with bottles conveyed by the air conveyor slowing and eventually stopping the bottles.
Claims20
A braking apparatus for a conveyor, the braking apparatus comprising:
- a guide rail and at least one stop positioned adjacent each other with a spacing between the guide rail and the stop, the spacing defining a pathway between the guide rail and stop for the conveyance of articles therethrough;
- and
- an actuator connected to the one stop, the actuator being selectively actuated to move the one stop toward the guide rail decreasing the spacing between the guide rail and the stop, and to retract the one stop from the guide rail reestablishing the spacing between the guide rail and the stop.
A braking apparatus for a conveyor, the apparatus comprising:
- a pair of rails positioned on opposite sides of the conveyor and extending along the conveyor;
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- an actuator connected to at least one of the rails, the actuator being selectively actuated to move the one rail toward and away from the other rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.