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US 2022/0010499 A1Published application
Tie plate orientation device
AssigneeB & B Metals, Inc.
InventorCoty T. Coots
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Abstract
Present embodiments relate to a tie plate orientation device. More specifically, but without limitation present embodiments relate to a tie plate orientation device that orients tie plates in a desired orientation for subsequent feeding, including an optional handheld magnetic device for manual assisted manipulation of the tie plates.
Claims16
A tie plate orientation device, comprising:
- a conveyor which receives tie plates sequentially;
- a transverse conveyor spaced from said conveyor, said conveyor directing said tie plates toward said transverse conveyor;
- a space disposed between an end of said conveyor and said transverse conveyor;
- wherein each of said tie plates:
- falls through said space if in a first orientation, or engages said transverse conveyor if in a second orientation so that said each of said tie plates rotates to said first orientation.
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A method of orienting a tie plate, comprising the steps of:
- providing a tie plate conveyor;
- providing a transverse tie plate conveyor near an end of said tie plate conveyor, said transverse tie plate conveyor moving in a direction substantially perpendicular to said tie plate conveyor;
- moving said tie plate with said tie plate conveyor;
- engaging said tie plate with said transverse tie plate conveyor;
- and,
- changing the orientation of said tie plate with said transverse tie plate conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.