Apparatus for transferring and/or stacking products
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorMatthew Bernard Overley
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Abstract
An apparatus for transferring and/or stacking products, the apparatus including a frame, a bar conveyor associated with the frame, the bar conveyor having a plurality of flight bars that are independently driven by a plurality of independent drivetrains, a lifting device having a lifting plate, the lifting device being located within the bar conveyor, and at least one pusher.
Claims20
An apparatus for transferring and/or stacking products, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a bar conveyor associated with the frame, the bar conveyor comprising a plurality of flight bars that are independently driven by a plurality of independent drivetrains;
- a lifting device comprising a lifting plate, the lifting device being located within the bar conveyor;
- and
- at least one pusher.
An apparatus for transferring and/or stacking products, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a bar conveyor associated with the frame, the bar conveyor comprising a plurality of independent flight bars that are driven by a plurality of independent drivetrains;
- a lifting device comprising a lifting plate, the lifting device being located within the bar conveyor;
- a pair of dynamic side compression plates located adjacent the lifting device;
- at least one pusher;
- a loading belt;
- and
- a pair of static side compression plates located adjacent the loading belt.
An apparatus for transferring and/or stacking products, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a bar conveyor associated with the frame, the bar conveyor comprising a conveyor surface, a receiving end, a transfer end, and a plurality of independent flight bars that are driven by a plurality of independent drivetrains;
- a lifting device comprising a lifting plate having a lifting plate surface, the lifting plate being located between the receiving end of the bar conveyor and the transfer end of the bar conveyor;
- and
- at least one pusher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.