Vacuum assist can unscrambler
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR ORIENTING RANDOMLY DISPOSED CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS ON A CONVEYER HAVING A STATIONARY INCLINE BED WHICH HAS TWO PERFORATED PORTIONS ACROSS THE BED WITH VACUUM SUCTION AT THE PERFORATED PORTION, AND HAVING PARALLEL GUIDE RODS HORIZONTALLY SPANNING THE INCLINE BED AND MOVABLE UP THE INCLINE FACE PUSHING CONTAINERS RANDOMLY DISPOSED BETWEEN THE GUIDE RODS. THE GUIDE RODS, WHICH ARE SPATIALLY DISPLACED FROM THE INCLINE BED, MOVE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE BED AT THE PERFORATED PORTIONS, DROPPING CONTAINERS HAVING THEIR CYLINDRICAL SURFACE AGAINST THE INCLINE BED AND RETAINING CONTAINERS HAVING THE ENDS AGAINST THE INCLINE BED WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE VACUUM SUCTION AT THE PERFORATED PORTION.
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- 👤 R Johnson
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