Bottle transfer assembly
AssigneeHoover Universal, Inc.
InventorEarl H. Brazeal
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Abstract
Apparatus for handling blow molded bottles which are to be transferred from a horizontal position at a lower level to a vertical upright position at a higher level, comprising a plurality of bottle carriers (20), transfer means (22) connected to the carriers for movement of the latter between the lower and higher levels, and arcuate slide members (26) which function to retain the bottles in the carriers as the bottles slide on the slide members during transfer from the lower to the higher level, the slide members terminating immediately prior to the carriers arriving at the higher level so that the bottles can be discharged bottom-first in upright positions at the upper level.
Claims10
A bottle transfer assembly for transferring bottles from a horizontal position at a first elevation to a vertical upright position at a second elevation and releasing the upright bottles at the second elevation onto a suitable receiving member, characterized in that said assembly comprises a carrier, transfer means connected to said carrier for imparting reciprocal movement to the carrier in a path defined by a quarter of a circle located in a vertical plane wherein one radius of the quarter circle is horizontal and another radius of the quarter circle is vertical, and an arcuate slide member located in said vertical plane in generally parallel relationship to and radially inwardly of said path, said carrier having a generally tubular shape and being open at opposite ends, the axis of said carrier extending towards the center of said circle so that a bottle in a horizontal position can be inserted bottom-first into one end of said carrier at the elevation of said one radius and with said bottom traveling on said slide can be transferred by said transfer means to said second elevation, said slide member terminating substantially at said vertical radius so that said bottle can travel off said slide member and be released bottom-first from the other end of said carrier at said second elevation for deposit of the bottle in an upright position on said receiving member.
A bottle transfer assembly for transferring bottles from a horizontal position at a first elevation to a vertical upright position at a second elevation and releasing the upright bottles at the second elevation, characterized in that said assembly comprises a carrier of sleeve-like construction that has a longitudinal axis and is open at opposite ends for axial passage therethrough of a bottle, carrier transfer means connected to said carrier for imparting reciprocal movement to the carrier in a vertical quarter-circle path, said carrier being connected to the transfer means so that the longitudinal axis of the carrier intersects the center of said quarter-circle path, an actuator connected to said carrier transfer means to reciprocate said carrier transfer means between a first position wherein said carrier is disposed with its axis in a horizontal position and a second position wherein said carrier is disposed with its axis in an elevated vertical position, and an arcuate slide member mounted so that it is located radially inwardly of the path of movement of said carrier so as to act as a stop for limiting the passage of a bottle through said carrier, said slide member terminating immediately prior to said vertical position of said carrier so that when the carrier arrives at its vertical position the bottle therein can fall by gravity therefrom in an upright position.
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