System for grouping and conveying continuously arriving articles
CA 2122813 A1 · Owner: Odenthal, Heinz F. · Inventors: Odenthal, Heinz F.
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A handling system used with an input conveyor operating at a substantially constant input-advance speed and delivering articles one at a time at the input speed to an input station has an output station spaced from the input station and adapted to hold an upwardly open receptacle and a transfer conveyor having an upstream end at the input station and a downstream end at the output station. The upstream end is positioned to receive the articles from the input conveyor. A drive continuously advances the transfer conveyor to displace the articles in a travel direction from the input station to the output station and to deposit the articles at the output station in the receptacle. A blocking …
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- Filed May 3, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 3, 2014.
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