Apparatus for nesting bottles
OwnerAlain Cerfinventor
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Abstract
The objective of this invention is to provide an apparatus for forming a stable arrangement of bottles so they can be moved on an inline conveyor system. This is accomplished by an apparatus for nesting bottles comprising a first conveyor having lanes of bottles, and a second conveyor, wherein a fixed number of bottles from each lane is released from each lane in a staggered arrangement to facilitate nesting of the released bottles and then pushing and guiding the released bottles from the first conveyor onto a second conveyor so that the bottles form a nested bundle.
Claims14
An apparatus for nesting bottles comprising
- a first conveyor having lanes of bottles
- a second conveyor wherein said first conveyor and second conveyor are inline means for releasing a fixed number of bottles from each lane on the first conveyor so that a predetermined number of bottles is released from each lane in a staggered arrangement to facilitate nesting of the released bottles and,
- means for pushing and guiding the released bottles from the first conveyor onto a second conveyor so that the bottles form a nested structure that includes guides that maintain the bottles in their respective lanes to facilitate nesting the bottles and includes a scalloped fly bar where the scallops on the fly bar are bushings that can slide on the fly bar but cannot rotate on the fly bar.
An apparatus for nesting bottles comprising
- a first conveyor having lanes of bottles
- a second conveyor wherein said first conveyor and second conveyor are inline means for releasing a fixed number of bottles from each lane on the first conveyor so that a predetermined number of bottles is released from each lane in a staggered arrangement to facilitate nesting of the released bottles which includes a clamp and a gate wherein said clamp can be positioned a predetermined distance from the gate to accommodate a predetermined number of bottles and,
- means for pushing and guiding the released bottles from the first conveyor onto a second conveyor so that the bottles form a nested structure that includes guides that maintain the bottles in their respective lanes to facilitate nesting the bottles.
A process for nesting bottles comprising
- providing lanes of bottles on a first conveyor
- releasing a fixed number of bottles from each lane on the first conveyor so that a predetermined number of bottles is released from each lane in a staggered arrangement by using a clamp and a gate to facilitate nesting of the released bottles and
- pushing and guiding the bottles from the first conveyor onto a second conveyor which is located inline from the first conveyor while forming a nested bundle of bottles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.