Star wheel drive systems
AssigneeJBT Marel Corporation
InventorsCezary J. Mroz, Wyatt W. Wills, Kristen Rose Mason
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Abstract
A self-contained drive system for feeding containers to a processing station and for removing containers from the processing station. The drive system includes a housing constructed structurally separate from and positioned relative to the processing station and a drive train insertable as a unit into the housing. The drive train includes a rotatable drive head for feeding containers to and from the processing station, a servo motor linked to the drive head for rotating the drive head and a mounting member for detachably mounting the drive train to the housing as single unit.
Claims19
A self-contained drive system for feeding containers to a processing station and for removing containers from a processing station, the drive system comprising:
- a housing constructed structurally separate from and positioned relative to the processing station;
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- a drive train insertable as a unit into the housing, the drive train comprising a rotatable drive head for feeding containers to the processing station and for removing containers from a processing station, a servo motor linked to the drive head for rotating the drive head, a mounting member for detachably mounting the drive train to the housing as unit.
A drive train constructed as a singular unit for powering a work piece transfer system, the drive train comprising:
- a rotatable drive head;
- a servo motor;
- a drive shaft linking the drive head to the servo motor;
- a mounting member for mounting the drive train to an operating location of the drive train;
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- a rigid mounting structure for mounting the servo motor to the mounting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.