Device for supplying flat items for a bucket conveyor
US9868138B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/1916
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Feed apparatus for feeding flat articles to a bin carrousel having bins that circulate around a loop in a certain direction comprises a flat conveyor in which the articles are moved in series and as laid flat, and a platform carrousel having tipper platforms each of which is suitable for tilting between a horizontal position and an inclined position and that circulate around a loop in such a manner as to be synchronized with the bin conveyor and in the same direction.
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