Process and device for conveying odd-shaped containers
US7574846B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2201/0261
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for efficiently conveying containers along a table-top conveying system includes the steps of temporarily securing a transfer stabilizing support (1a, 1b) to a bottom end of a formed container (14) so that the container can freely move along a production line using the table-top conveying system where the transfer stabilizing support has a bottom surface (2a, 2b) with an opening (4a, 4b), a sidewall (6a, 6b) extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface, and a ridge area (10b) surrounding the opening and inside the sidewall of the support; and after the container has gone through operations of the production line, the transfer stabilizing support is removed so that aesthetic qualities of the formed container shape are revealed.
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