Apparatus and methods for conveying business form assemblies at the right angles from their infeed direction while maintaining spatial orientation
CA 2109158 A1 · Owner: Moore Business Forms Inc. · Inventors: Holdaway, Donald C.
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At the exit end of a first conveyor conveying form assemblies in a first direction, there is provided a transfer mechanism for changing the direction of conveyance 90° without change of the spatial orientation of the assemblies in the different directions of conveyance. The transfer mechanism includes an alignment guide parallel to the second direction of conveyance, a plurality of rotatable balls longitudinally spaced one from the other likewise in the second direction of conveyance and an, endless conveyor belt angled between 3-9° relative to the second direction of conveyance whereby form assemblies entering the transfer mechanism engage between the balls and the endless belt, causing …
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- Filed October 25, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 25, 2013.
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