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Device for spreading objects apart

US8079458B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Bernd Fleischmann · Regensburg, DE
Martin Seger · Straußmühle, DE
Emil Dirmeier · Rosenheim, DE
Johann Reil · Bergneustadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2007
Grant date	Dec 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G2201/0244
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for spreading apart a single-file stream of upright containers, with a single-track feed conveyor, a multi-track discharge conveyor, and a transfer station, which comprises two oppositely driven belts, which form a transport channel for the containers and which can be driven at essentially the same transport velocity as the feed conveyor, where the transport channel formed by the belts is straight and releases the containers with excess velocity onto the discharge conveyor, which can be driven at a slower transport velocity than the feed conveyor.

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