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US 3,942,629 AGranted
Apparatus for orienting articles having at least one tapered end
AssigneeThe United Company
InventorPaul F. Cover
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InventorPaul F. Cover
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This disclosure relates to an apparatus for orienting elongated objects each of which is tapered at one end and has a larger end opposite thereto, the apparatus including a curved guide surface forming a transition path between a pair of conveyors with a gap between the curved guide surface and a support through which might pass tapered or larger ends of objects, first means for abuttingly contacting the larger ends of the objects to deposit the same with the larger ends thereof leading upon the second conveyor, means for contacting the tapered ends passing through the gap for again depositing the objects with the larger ends leading upon the second conveying means, the second conveyor means having movable belts diverging toward an exit end thereof, and means adjacent the exit end portion against which larger end objects leading on the second conveying means are deposited upon third conveying means with the tapered ends leading while objects with the tapered ends leading on the second conveying means are deposited with the same ends leading on the third conveying means.
Apparatus for orienting elongated objects of random lengths each of which is normally tapered at one end and has a larger end remote from the tapered end comprising first means for conveying said objects randomly with different ends leading along a first generally horizontal path in a first direction, second means for conveying said objects along a second generally horizontal path in a second direction opposite and generally parallel to said first direction, means between said first and second conveying means for orienting said objects such that substantially all objects conveyed by said second conveying means have like contoured ends leading, said orienting means including means defining a first curved guide surface forming a transition path between said first and second conveying means for contactingly guiding the tapered ends of objects to cause the larger ends of the thus guided objects to be deposited upon said second conveying means with the larger ends thereof leading, and said orienting means further including means defining a second curved guide surface adjacent said second conveying means disposed at least partially upstream of the first curved guide surface relative to the direction of travel of said second conveying means for contactingly guiding enlarged ends of objects which pass beyond said first curved guide surface to cause the larger ends of the thus guided objects to be deposited upon said second conveying means with the larger ends thereof leading.
Apparatus for orienting elongated objects of random lengths each of which is normally tapered at one end and has a larger end remote from the tapered end comprising first means for conveying said objects randomly with different ends leading along a first generally horizontal path in a first direction, second means for conveying said objects along a second generally horizontal path in a second direction opposite and generally parallel to said first direction, means between said first and second conveying means for orienting said objects such that substantially all objects conveyed by said second conveying means have like contoured ends leading, said orienting means including means defining a first curved guide surface forming a transition path between said first and second conveying means for contactingly guiding the tapered ends of objects to cause the larger ends of the thus guided objects to be deposited upon said second conveying means with the larger ends thereof leading, and said orienting means further including abutment means adjacent said second conveying means disposed upstream of said first curved guide surface relative to the path of travel of said second conveying means for abuttingly contacting the tapered ends of objects which pass beyond said first curved guide surface to cause the larger ends of the thus contacted objects to be deposited upon said second conveying means with the larger ends thereof leading.
Apparatus for orienting elongated objects each of which is normally tapered at one end and has a larger end remote from the tapered end comprising first means for conveying said objects randomly with different ends leading along a first generally horizontal path in a first direction, second means below said first conveying means for conveying said objects along a second generally horizontal path in a second direction opposite to said first direction, said first conveying means having an entrance end portion upon which objects are deposited and an exit end portion from which objects are discharged, said first conveying means including a pair of laterally spaced movable supports which diverge in a direction toward said exit end portion whereby objects moving tapered ends first will pivot downwardly and become deposited upon said second conveying means with their tapered ends leading, and abutment means at said exit end portion against which will abut the larger ends of larger end leading objects on said first conveying means for stopping of said last-mentioned objects in their movement in said first direction and depositing said last-mentioned articles on said second conveying means with the tapered ends thereof leading.
Apparatus for orienting elongated objects each of which is normally tapered at one end and has a larger end remote from the tapered end comprising first means for conveying said objects randomly with different ends leading along a first generally horizontal path in a first direction, second means for conveying said objects along a second generally horizontal path in a second direction opposite and generally parallel to said first direction, third means for conveying said objects along a third generally horizontal path in a third direction opposite to said second direction, said second conveying means being disposed above said third conveying means, first means between said first and second conveying means for orienting said objects such that substantially all objects conveyed by said second means along said second path have like contoured ends leading, and second means for orienting objects during their transition between said second and third conveying means such that those objects with said like contoured ends leading during movement by said second conveying means are conveyed with their opposite ends leading during movement by said third conveying means while objects with their opposite ends leading during movement by said second conveying means are also conveyed with their opposite ends leading during movement by said third conveying means.
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