Laning conveyor with changeover system
AssigneeSimplimatic Engineering Company
InventorsGary D. Hunt, Dave Cooley, John M. Connor, Keith B. Weisenstein, Roger K. Calabrese, Gregory S. Gulik, Archie Koster, David A. Foskett
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Abstract
A laning conveyor is provided which may be used as an infeed for a packer. The laning conveyor comprises a central lane guide and a movable lane guide unit including at least two lane guides connected thereto spaced apart a first lane width. The unit is mounted adjacent the central lane guide to form a lane therebetween having the first lane width. The unit is movable to provide the lane with a second lane width. A method of laning articles is also disclosed.
Claims13
A device for preparing a packed case of articles comprising:
- a packing section for packing the articles into a case;
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- an infeed section including
- a conveying surface for conveying articles to said packing section,
- a first lane guide extending along said conveying surface,
- a lane guide unit mounted adjacent said first lane guide, said lane guide unit having at least two second lane guides connected thereto spaced apart from each other a fixed first distance to form a first single file article lane,
- a second single file article lane formed between said first lane guide and one of said second lane guides of said lane guide unit, said second single file article lane having a first width substantially equal to the first distance with said lane guide unit in a first position, and
- means for moving said lane guide unit from said first position to a second position to provide said second single file article lane with a second width greater than the first distance while maintaining the fixed first distance between the two second lane guides of the lane guide unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.