Automatic apparatus for orienting and feeding bottles, and the like
First Claim
1. APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY FEEDING BOTTLES, OR THE LIKE, HAVING NECK PORTIONS AT ONE END, IN ORIENTED POSITION WITH THE OTHE END FOREMOST, COMPRISING A CIRCULAR HOPPER DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO THE HORIZONTAL, SAID HOPPER INCLUDING A CIRCULAR PERIPHERAL WALL, AN UNSCRAMBLING RING ROTATABLY SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOPPER PERIPHERALLY THEREOF, SAID RING HAVING RADIALLY-DISPOSED OPEN-ENDED BOTTLE-RECEIVING RECESSES EACH OF A WIDTH EQUAL AT LEAST TO THE WIDTH OF A BOTTLE AND OF A LENGTH EQUAL AT LEAST TO THE LENGTH OF A BOTTLE, SAID RECESSES OF A DEPTH LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE THICKER PORTION OF THE BOTTLE, A BARRIER PLATE SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOPPER ADJACENT THE INNER END OF SAID RING FROM A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS OF THE HOPPER TO A POINT SHORT OF THE VERTICAL AXIS THEREOF, ON ONE SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL AXIS, AND A SECOND BARRIER PLATE SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOPPER ADJACENT THE INNER EDGE OF SAID RING FROM A POINT SPACED FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL AXIS TO A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID VERTICAL AXIS, THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID BARRIER WALLS SPACED APART A DISTANCE EQUAL, AT LEAST TO THE WIDTH OF THE INNER END OF A BOTTLE-RECEIVING RECESS, MEANS OVER SAID UPPER END OF SAID HOPPE OVERLYING SAID RING OPPOSITE SAID SPACE BETWEEN SAID ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID BARRIER PLATES FOR RESILILENTLY, FRICTIONALLY, SLIDABLY ENGAGING A BTTLE DISPOSED WITH ITS NECK PORTION DIRECTED TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAID
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1. APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY FEEDING BOTTLES, OR THE LIKE, HAVING NECK PORTIONS AT ONE END, IN ORIENTED POSITION WITH THE OTHE END FOREMOST, COMPRISING A CIRCULAR HOPPER DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO THE HORIZONTAL, SAID HOPPER INCLUDING A CIRCULAR PERIPHERAL WALL, AN UNSCRAMBLING RING ROTATABLY SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOPPER PERIPHERALLY THEREOF, SAID RING HAVING RADIALLY-DISPOSED OPEN-ENDED BOTTLE-RECEIVING RECESSES EACH OF A WIDTH EQUAL AT LEAST TO THE WIDTH OF A BOTTLE AND OF A LENGTH EQUAL AT LEAST TO THE LENGTH OF A BOTTLE, SAID RECESSES OF A DEPTH LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE THICKER PORTION OF THE BOTTLE, A BARRIER PLATE SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOPPER ADJACENT THE INNER END OF SAID RING FROM A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS OF THE HOPPER TO A POINT SHORT OF THE VERTICAL AXIS THEREOF, ON ONE SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL AXIS, AND A SECOND BARRIER PLATE SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOPPER ADJACENT THE INNER EDGE OF SAID RING FROM A POINT SPACED FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL AXIS TO A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID VERTICAL AXIS, THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID BARRIER WALLS SPACED APART A DISTANCE EQUAL, AT LEAST TO THE WIDTH OF THE INNER END OF A BOTTLE-RECEIVING RECESS, MEANS OVER SAID UPPER END OF SAID HOPPE OVERLYING SAID RING OPPOSITE SAID SPACE BETWEEN SAID ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID BARRIER PLATES FOR RESILILENTLY, FRICTIONALLY, SLIDABLY ENGAGING A BTTLE DISPOSED WITH ITS NECK PORTION DIRECTED TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAID
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Current AssigneeSamuel S. Aidlin, Stephen H. Aidlin
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Original AssigneeSamuel S. Aidlin, Stephen H. Aidlin
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InventorsAidlin, Samuel S., Aidlin, Stephen H.
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Application NumberUS04/597,272Time in Patent Office274 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current198/397.05CPC Class CodesB65G 2201/0244 BottlesB65G 47/1457 Rotating movement in the pl...B65G 47/256 removing incorrectly orient...
