Turnover device
US4793463A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 1987 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29D2030/0027
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turnover device for turning over articles as they are conveyed along a production path. The turnover device comprises a frame, two spaced apart and parallel axis, first and second carrier arms mounted respectively on the axes for rotational movement, first and second meshing gears mounted on the axes respectively, and a drive motor and lever. The first and second meshing gears have pitch diameters such that, as the two carrier arms counter-rotate from a start position to a finish position, the first carrier arm will rotate through an arc of approximtely 108.degree. and the second carrier arm will rotate through an arc of approximately 72.degree.. The arms are then rotated to their start position. An article placed on a first carrier arm will drop off onto the second carrier arm and be carried back down to a horizontal orientation which is flipped end to end with respect to its starting orientation.
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