Method and apparatus for transporting articles to a station
AssigneeNov Hau AG Engineering
InventorPeter Novak
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Abstract
A method for transporting articles (2) to a station, in particular preforms to a blow-molding apparatus, wherein each article has a protrusion (10) and is moved along a guide (16) by a drive means (18), the article (2), along at least part of the guide (16), should be retained on an abutment (19, 21, 23), and advanced along this abutment, by an air stream.
Claims7
A method for transporting articles to to a station, comprising providing each article with a protrusion and moving the article by a drive along a guide, wherein, along at least a part of the guide, the article is held against an abutment by an air stream and is transported further along this abutment, the protrusion on the article is accommodated in a slot in the abutment and the article is rotated about a longitudinal axis of the article during transport.
An apparatus for transporting articles to a station, comprising each article has a protrusion and is movable by a drive along a guide, and a device for producing an air stream that acts on the article is provided along at least a part of the guide, wherein the air stream flows through a slot in the device, wherein the slot receives the protrusion on the article, wherein the air stream is a suction stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.