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AssigneeDe Forenede Bryggerier A/S
InventorErik C. Mernoe
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A bottle single filer for combining bottles (10) fed in a plurality of rows on an inlet conveyor (11) to a single row on an outlet conveyor (14), has a plurality of oblong separators (38), which are controlled so as to be movable through a closed path in which they extend obliquely across the inlet conveyor in parallel with the transverse rows of bottles on it. At a specific location in this path the individual separator moves down between two bottle rows which it follows until the bottles contact and slide along a barrier (17), which is formed by a transfer section of one side rail and forms a smaller angle with the transport direction than the separators, the bottles being pushed on to the outlet conveyor along said barrier. In connection with the side rails the separators ensure that only one row of bottles at a time can pass, to thereby obviate bridge formation and jamming. This also reduces the risk of bottle collision and thus the noise level.
An apparatus for combining bottles or similar objects fed on an inlet conveyor on which they form inclined rows, into a single row on an outlet conveyor operating at a speed substantially equal to the number of objects in each row times the speed of the inlet conveyor, in which the improvement comprises:
An apparatus for combining bottles or similar objects fed on an inlet conveyor on which they form inclined rows, into a single row on an outlet conveyor, comprising a plurality of oblong separators mounted and controlled so as to extend across the inlet conveyor substantially in parallel with the rows of bottles and to move in a closed, circular path in which, from above, they move down between two rows of bottles and follow them during the last part of their movement on the inlet conveyor towards an inclined guide rail which forms a smaller angle with the inlet conveyor than the separators and transfers the bottles to the outlet conveyor, each separator being secured in a separator shaft which is rotatably journalled in a control disc, which itself is rotatably journalled and disposed in a vertical plane paralled to the travelling direction of the inlet conveyor, the separator shafts being equidistantly spaced along a circle on the control disc, and the separator shafts, through connecting springs of equal length, being connected to their respective shafts on a auxiliary disc rotatable about an axis which is parallel to and offset from the axis of the control disc so that the separators move translatorily during the rotation of the discs, each separator being connected to a curve roller so that the two members are immovable with respect to each other in the axial direction of the control disc, a circular or arc-shaped guide track or cam being provided to cooperate with the curve roller.
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