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Abstract
Abstract A FEEDING CONVEYOR SUCCESSIVELY FEEDS INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH TO AN ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR IN SERIES WITH THE FEEDING CONVEYOR. THE ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR INCLUDES SIDE-BY-SIDE ARTICLE RECEIVING COMPARTMENTS AND IS SUCCESSIVELY ADVANCED IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP TO THE FEEDING CONVEYOR TO SEQUENTIALLY RECEIVE ARTICLES THEREFROM. AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF ARTICLES HAVE ACCUMULATED ON THE ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR, THEY ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY EJECTED FROM THE COMPARTMENTS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION TRANSVERSE TO THE PATH OF ADVANCEMENT OF THE ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR. PREFERABLY, THE APPARATUS INCLUDES A PAIR OF SPACED APART COOPERATING GUIDE CONVEYORS HAVING PORTIONS CONVERGING FROM THE ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR FOR RECEIVING THE ARTICLES UPON EJECTION, MAINTAINING THE ARTICLES IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION, ADVANCING THE ARTICLES AND COMPRESSING THE ARTICLES. IN ADDITION, PACKAGE ALIGNING MEMBERS COMMUNICATE WITH THE GUIDE CONVEYORS FOR ALIGNING AND HOLDING AN ARTICLE RECEIVING PACKAGE RELATIVE TO THE EJECTED ARTICLES.
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- 👤 Graves T Gore
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