US3225890A
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Article aligning apparatus
Assignee: Kaiser Steel Corp
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Filing: 1963-11-29
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1983-11-29
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus H Wiese
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 23:46
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G47/00; B65G47/22; B21; B21C; B21C47/00; B21C47/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CENTERING ARTICLES OF VARIED SIZES BEING TRANSPORTED ON A CONVEYOR COMPRISING: SIZE SENSING MEANS MOUNTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VERTICAL PLANE THROUGH THE AXIS OF THE CONVEYOR AND MOVABLE BY THE PASSAGE OF AN ARTICLE THEREBETWEEN TO A SEPARATED POSITION WHEREIN THE DISTANCE THEREBETWEEN IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIMENSION OF THE ARTICLE TRANSVERSELY OF THE CONVEYOR, SAID SENSING MEANS BEING MOVABLE TO POSITIONS SPACED DIFFERENTIALY FROM SAID PLANE SO AS TO SENSE AN ARTICLE''S DIMENSION WHILE IT IS OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLANE; ARTICLE SHIFTING MEANS MOUNTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PLANE AND MOVABLE TO VARY THE SPACING THEREBETWEEN BUT ALWAYS MAINTAINED EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID PLANE; MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID SIZE SENSING MEANS AND SAID SHIFTING MEANS SO AS TO EFFECT AUTOMATIC SEPARATION OF SAID SHIFTING MEANS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID SIZE SENSING MEANS TO EFFECT A SEPARATION BETWEEN SAID SHIFTING MEANS NEITHER LESS NOR SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE SEPARATION BETWEEN SAID SIZE SENSING MEANS; MEANS LOCKING SAID SHIFTING MEANS IN
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CENTERING ARTICLES OF VARIED SIZES BEING TRANSPORTED ON A CONVEYOR COMPRISING: SIZE SENSING MEANS MOUNTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VERTICAL PLANE THROUGH THE AXIS OF THE CONVEYOR AND MOVABLE BY THE PASSAGE OF AN ARTICLE THEREBETWEEN TO A SEPARATED POSITION WHEREIN THE DISTANCE THEREBETWEEN IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIMENSION OF THE ARTICLE TRANSVERSELY OF THE CONVEYOR, SAID SENSING MEANS BEING MOVABLE TO POSITIONS SPACED DIFFERENTIALY FROM SAID PLANE SO AS TO SENSE AN ARTICLE''S DIMENSION WHILE IT IS OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLANE; ARTICLE SHIFTING MEANS MOUNTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PLANE AND MOVABLE TO VARY THE SPACING THEREBETWEEN BUT ALWAYS MAINTAINED EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID PLANE; MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID SIZE SENSING MEANS AND SAID SHIFTING MEANS SO AS TO EFFECT AUTOMATIC SEPARATION OF SAID SHIFTING MEANS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID SIZE SENSING MEANS TO EFFECT A SEPARATION BETWEEN SAID SHIFTING MEANS NEITHER LESS NOR SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE SEPARATION BETWEEN SAID SIZE SENSING MEANS; MEANS LOCKING SAID SHIFTING MEANS IN
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