Conveyor drive unit and method of operation thereof
CA 1283619 C · Owner: American Bottlers Equipment Company, Inc. · Inventors: Fauth, Frederick E. Sr.
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An improved conveyor drive unit (150) with a method of operation thereof, which can be rapidly and easily mounted on a roller-type conveyor system and which when arranged, in series, can be sequentially stopped and restarted relative to predetermined parameters in the article flow along a conveyor path (56). In one embodiment each drive, unit (150) has an arm (52) which extends at a desired distance over an article conveyor path (56) which can be tripped at the occurrence of accumulation. A pneumatic valve (68) is operably coupled to the arm (52) for releasing air into an actuating cylinder (78) having operably coupled thereto a shifter rod (92). The shifter rod (92) is axially displaced by …
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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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