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US 2015/0027965 A1Published application
Product Stabilizer
AssigneeDelkor Systems, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Henry Churchill, Jeremiah Joe Ericson
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Abstract
A product stabilizer is employed to prevent tipping or shingling of product in a packaging line. The product stabilizer utilizes a linear actuator, coupled to a plurality of arms, to ensure proper spacing between adjacent products in the packaging line.
Claims17
A product stabilizer comprising:
- a plurality of elongate members, each of the elongate members having a length and a frame, at least one of the elongate members comprising:
- a tie rod extending along at least a portion of the length of the elongate member, the tie rod movable with respect to the frame;
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- a plurality of arms pivotally engaged to the frame and coupled to the tie rod, wherein the arms have an extended configuration and a retracted configuration, the arms moving between the retracted and extended configurations upon movement of the tie rod.
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A product stabilizer for stabilizing adjacent products in a packaging line, the product stabilizer comprising:
- a plurality of adjacent elongate members, each of the elongate members having a length and a frame, the elongate members defining a space between adjacent elongate members;
- a torque rod extending along at least a portion of the length of the frame;
- a plurality of paddle members attached to the torque rod;
- an actuator mounted to the frame, the actuator configured to rotate the torque rod and paddle members from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration, wherein, in the deployed configuration, the paddle members extend into the space between adjacent elongate members and are configured to contact and separate adjacent products.
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A system for stabilizing a conveyed product comprising:
- a plurality of adjacent elongate members configured to receive products therebetween in single-file;
- an actuator having coupled thereto a plurality of product separating members, the product separating members movable by the actuator between a product contacting configuration and a retracted configuration, wherein, in the product contacting configuration, the separating members separate at least a portion of adjacent products, arranged in single-file, from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.