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US 2012/0067696 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for diverting shingles
AssigneeOwens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
InventorDavid P. Aschenbeck
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Abstract
A method of diverting shingles including moving a plurality of shingles along a first path on a moving belt, and urging every other one of the plurality of moving shingles into a second path.
Claims20
A method of diverting shingles comprising:
- moving a plurality of shingles along a first path on a moving belt;
- and
- urging every other one of the plurality of moving shingles into a second path.
A shingle manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a first assembly structured and configured to move a stream of shingles;
- and
- a diverter assembly structured and configured to engage and separate every other shingle in the stream of shingles into a first stream on a first conveyor and a second stream on a second conveyor, the diverter assembly comprising a rotatable member structured and configured to engage every other of the shingles moving in the first stream of shingles and urge each of the every other shingles into a second path toward the second conveyor.
A shingle manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a first assembly structured and configured to move a stream of shingles;
- and
- a diverter assembly structured and configured to engage and separate every other shingle in the stream of shingles into a first stream on a first conveyor and a second stream on a second conveyor, the diverter assembly comprising:
- a rotatable shaft;
- a support arm mounted to the rotatable shaft;
- an idler wheel rotatably mounted to the support arm, the idler wheel structured and configured to engage the shingles moving in the first stream of shingles as the shingles move along a first path on a moving belt toward the first conveyor;
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- a diverter wheel rotatably mounted to the support arm, the diverter wheel structured and configured to engage every other of the shingles moving in the first stream of shingles and urge each of the every other shingles into a second path toward the second conveyor.
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