Method and apparatus for transferring bottles arriving in upright position in laterally adjacent rows on a feed conveyor into a single row of bottles on a downstream conveyor

US4489820A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Krones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik · DE

Inventor

• Egon Schneider · Neutraubling, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 1983
• Grant date: Dec 25, 1984
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/683
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for transferring bottles arriving in an upright position and in laterally adjacent rows on a feed conveyor into a single row of bottles on a downstream or discharge conveyor. The bottles are shifted laterally solely under a gravity effect from the feed conveyor, across an intermediate conveyor whereat they are successively accelerated to the downstream conveyor.