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Method and apparatus for separating and bringing together series of container bodies

US6357573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Elpatronic AG · CH

Inventors

Mathias Frei · Neuenhof, CH
Peter Bassler · Viernheim, DE
Peter Schreiber · Jena, DE
Peter Taiana · Neuenhof, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2001
Grant date	Mar 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G21/2018
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to separate tin can bodies carried by a first conveyor belt at a high speed, a second conveyor belt is taken close to the first conveyor belt and individual bodies are transferred from the first conveyor belt to the second conveyor belt. It is thus possible to separate a sequence of tin bodies into two sequences, thus facilitating further processing. The process can also be reversed to form a single sequence from two sequences.

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