Apparatus for transferring bakery pans from a delivery conveyor to a transverse conveyor
First Claim
1. APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING SETS OF BAKERY PANS FROM A MAIN CONVEYOR ONTO A TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR HAVING ITS CONVEYING SURFACE AT A LOWER LEVEL THAN THE MAIN CONVEYOR WHILE MAINTAINING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE BAKERY PANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A DUMP CHUTE FOR THE BAKERY PANS, FORMING A CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN CONVEYOR, WHICH IS MOUNTED TO PIVOT ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS ADJACENT TO THE RECEIVING END OF THE CHUTE, BETWEEN A POSITION WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY LEVEL WITH THE MAIN CONVEYOR AND A POSITION WHICH IS INCLINED DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR AT SUCH AN ANGLE AS TO CAUSE THE BAKERY PANS TO SLIDE RAPIDLY DOWN THE CHUTE, AND AN ACTUATING MECHANISM WHICH OSCILLATES THE CHUTE BETWEEN SUCH TWO POSITIONS, AND WHICH OPERATES IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE BAKERY PANS ON THE MAIN CONVEYOR TO CAUSE THE CHUTE TO APPROACH ITS SUBSTANTIALLY LEVEL POSITION AS THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF EACH SET OF BAKERY PANS APPROACHES A VERTICAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF THE CHUTE AND TO CAUSE THE CHUTE TO MOVE TOWARD ITS INCLINED POSITION AFTER THE SET OF PANS IS IN POSITION TO SLIDE DOWN THE CHUTE.
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1. APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING SETS OF BAKERY PANS FROM A MAIN CONVEYOR ONTO A TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR HAVING ITS CONVEYING SURFACE AT A LOWER LEVEL THAN THE MAIN CONVEYOR WHILE MAINTAINING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE BAKERY PANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A DUMP CHUTE FOR THE BAKERY PANS, FORMING A CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN CONVEYOR, WHICH IS MOUNTED TO PIVOT ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS ADJACENT TO THE RECEIVING END OF THE CHUTE, BETWEEN A POSITION WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY LEVEL WITH THE MAIN CONVEYOR AND A POSITION WHICH IS INCLINED DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR AT SUCH AN ANGLE AS TO CAUSE THE BAKERY PANS TO SLIDE RAPIDLY DOWN THE CHUTE, AND AN ACTUATING MECHANISM WHICH OSCILLATES THE CHUTE BETWEEN SUCH TWO POSITIONS, AND WHICH OPERATES IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE BAKERY PANS ON THE MAIN CONVEYOR TO CAUSE THE CHUTE TO APPROACH ITS SUBSTANTIALLY LEVEL POSITION AS THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF EACH SET OF BAKERY PANS APPROACHES A VERTICAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF THE CHUTE AND TO CAUSE THE CHUTE TO MOVE TOWARD ITS INCLINED POSITION AFTER THE SET OF PANS IS IN POSITION TO SLIDE DOWN THE CHUTE.
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Current AssigneeDe Ridder Willem
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Original AssigneeDe Ridder Willem
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InventorsDE RIDDER WILLEM
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Application NumberUS04/362,054Time in Patent Office754 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current198/535CPC Class CodesA21B 3/07 Charging or discharging ove...B65G 47/34 Devices for discharging art...B65G 47/53 between conveyors which cro...
