US 2009/0260952 A1Published application

Conveyor for transporting bottles or containers having varying diameters in lines to a bottle or container cleaning machine or packaging machine, and a method and apparatus for conveying bottles or containers

AssigneeKHS GmbH

InventorKlaus Jendrichowski

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Abstract

Conveyor for transporting bottles or containers having varying diameters in lines to a bottle or container cleaning machine or packaging machine, and a method and apparatus for conveying bottles or containers. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

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Dependent claims

A conveyor configured to transport bottles or containers having varying diameters in lines to a bottle or container handling machine comprising one of a bottle or container cleaning machine and a bottle or container packaging machine, said conveyor comprising:

at least one conveyor surface being configured and disposed to contact and move bottles or containers thereon in a direction of transport;
three elongated guide walls being disposed substantially parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another to define two guide lanes there between in which bottles or containers being moved by said at least one conveyor surface are to be guided;
said three elongated guide walls being disposed above and to extend along at least a portion of said at least one conveyor surface in the direction of transport;
said three elongated guide walls comprising a first elongated guide wall, a second elongated guide wall, and a third elongated guide wall, said second elongated guide wall being disposed between said first elongated guide wall and said third elongated guide wall;
a first movable guide wall being disposed on a first side of said second elongated guide wall between said second elongated guide wall and said first elongated guide wall;
a second movable guide wall being disposed on a second side of said second elongated guide wall between said second elongated guide wall and said third elongated guide wall;
and
each of said movable guide walls being configured to be moved back and forth to varying positions between a first position immediately adjacent said second elongated guide wall and a second position a distance away from said second elongated guide wall projecting into said guide lanes to thereby adjust the width of said guide lanes to substantially match the width of bottles or containers having varying diameters to be transported.

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A conveyor configured to transport bottles or containers having varying diameters, said conveyor comprising:

at least one conveyor surface being configured and disposed to contact and move bottles or containers in a direction of transport;
at least two elongated guide walls being disposed to extend in the direction of transport;
said at least two elongated guide walls comprising a first elongated guide wall and a second elongated guide wall;
said first elongated guide wall and said second elongated guide wall being disposed substantially parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another to define an elongated guide lane there between in which bottles or containers being moved by said at least one conveyor surface are to be guided;
a movable guide wall being disposed on a first side of said second elongated guide wall between said second elongated guide wall and said first elongated guide wall;
and
said movable guide wall being configured to be moved to varying positions between a first position immediately adjacent said second elongated guide wall and a second position a distance away from said second elongated guide wall projecting into said guide lane to thereby adjust the width of said guide lane to permit bottles or containers having varying diameters to be transported.

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A method of transporting bottles or containers having varying diameters, said method comprising the steps of:

moving bottles or containers in a direction of transport between two elongated guide structures being disposed to extend in the direction of transport;
contacting and guiding bottles or containers with guide surfaces of said elongated guide structures;
and
adjusting the distance between said guide surfaces and thus the width of said guide lane by varying the position of at least one of said guide surfaces with respect to the other of said guide surfaces to permit bottles or containers having varying diameters to be transported.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/413,512Filed 27 Mar 2009
Priority: DE 10 2006 046 556.330 Sep 2006
Published: 22 Oct 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

B65G 21/2072
Comprising elements not movable in the direction of load-transport: laterial guidance means
B65G 2047/685
Adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor…
B65G
Transport or storage devices

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Application12/413,512Continuation in part
US 8,371,433 B2Related patent
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