Apparatus for the even alignment of objects uniform among each other

US4747480A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Croon & Lucke Maschinenfabrik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Wedler · Mittelbiberach, DE
• Winfried Uhl · Mengen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 1986
• Grant date: May 31, 1988
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/2445
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for the even alignment of objects essentially uniform among each other comprises at least one conveyor belt moving in a plane in a particular direction, on which the objects are placed. A first and a second conveyor belt, which converge downwards with their conveyor planes to a funnel which randomly receives the objects to be aligned, are provided. In the area of the funnel the first conveyor belt rotates from the bottom toward the top and the second conveyor belt rotates transversely hereto, thus due to the interaction of both conveyor belts the objects are aligned and are subsequently conveyed out of the funnel in this condition by the second conveyor belt.