Stick transport apparatus
US4513856A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 1984 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23G9/265
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A transport device includes an elongated housing consisting of parallel spaced bars and end blocks. The housing is mounted for rotation on a pair of conveyor chains by support structure including longitudinally projecting shafts and bushings journaled on the shafts for coupling to the conveyor chain. Adjacent edges of the two housing bars define a support surface for the sticks to be transported. An elongated inner bar is confined between the housing bars for reciprocation, and has an activator rod at one end, extending axially into one of the support shafts and bearing against a cam rotatably mounted transversely at the distal end of that shaft. A spring urges an inner rod into engagement with the cam. The cam is configured to be engaged by support structures associated with the conveyor mechanism, to effect the shifting of the inner rod against the force of the spring. The housing bars have longitudinally spaced aligned pairs of headed pins projecting from the edges defining the support surfaces, each pair of pins defining with the support surface a locating channel for supporting a stick. The inner rod has longitudinally spaced clamping pins projecting from the adjacent edge sur…
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