Apparatus for conveying upright standing containers and rejecting abnormal containers

US4094411A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hermann Kronseder · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Kronseder
• Karl Dullinger · Neutraubling, DE
• Kurt Matzinger

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 1976
• Grant date: Jun 13, 1978
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0244
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for conveying upright standing containers such as bottles includes a driven star wheel which advances the containers in spaced relationship along a curved path. Curved support and guide rails are concentric to the star wheel and are spaced apart a distance to engage the container bottom and top and to restrain the container from being discharged centrifugally from the star wheel path. Abnormal containers such as bottles broken off at their tops or necks will not be confined to the curved path of the star wheel and will be rejected by centrifugal force.