Apparatus for removing bungs from kegs
US4132052A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53539
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for removing bungs from kegs. A walking beam moves the keg sequentially from a receiving station on a feed conveyor to an orienting station, a debunging station, a probe station, a reject station to a discharge conveyor. At the orienting station the keg is rotated to position the bung downwardly, and an auger removes the downwardly facing bung at the debunging station. At the probe station, a probe senses the presence of improperly removed bungs, and kegs with improperly removed bungs are rejected from the line at the reject station. Kegs with properly removed bungs are delivered to the discharge conveyor.
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