Device utilizing fluid for effecting nested alignment of articles having a circular cross-section
CA 2073541 C · Owner: Simkowski, Donald J. · Inventors: Vandermeer, Richard H.; Simkowski, Donald J.
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A device is disclosed that utilizes a fluid (normally air) to effect nested alignment of articles having a circular cross-section (such as cans used to package beverages and the like). A conveying section that includes a dead plate and a fluid conveyor provides articles in a mass flow to an aligning section having guides therein spaced a sufficient distance to form guideways through which articles are fluid driven in single file toward a discharge end having an adjacently positioned staging section that also includes a fluid conveyor. The guides, other than a center guide have, first and second portions that are angled with respect to one another, and fluid injected into the sections …
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- Filed July 9, 1992 and granted November 25, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 9, 2012.
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