Method of continuously processing and packing elongated articles such as coherent pairs of chopsticks as well as an apparatus for carrying out the method
CA 1283597 C · Owner: Schultz, Gert · Inventors: Schultz, Gert
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A method and an apparatus for continuously processing and packing elongated articles (10) such as coherent pairs of chopsticks imply that the articles (10) are continuously advanced in the longitudinal direction in a track and are centrally aligned during the continued advancement. The alignment is performed during the processing by means of one or more processing implements (31, 35) by means of uniform centering rolls (14, 15) operating from their respective side of the plane of symmetry of the articles. These centering rolls are biased by a uniform spring tension. Subsequently the articles are continuously advanced in the transverse direction by means of transverse conveyor means (50, 51) …
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- Granted April 30, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 30, 2008.
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