Device for container alignment

US6848565B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Langguth GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Lehmann · Limeshain, DE
• Heinz Eckholt · Munster, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/22
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for container alignment, comprising a transport device (1), for the containers (6), with pivoting arm pairs (2, 3) with pivoting arms (2a, 2b, 3a, 3b), arranged on each side of the transport path, the pivoting arm pairs (2, 3) being arranged in an opposing manner. The pivoting arm pairs (2, 3) may be synchronously driven and the pivoting arms (2a, 2b, 3a, 3b) each have the pivoting axis (4, 5, 6, 7) at one end thereof and the free other end can swing out essentially into the middle of the transport device.