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ARTICLE COMBINER

  • US 3,610,396 A
  • Filed: 06/19/1969
  • Issued: 10/05/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An article combiner for transforming a haphazard array of articles into a single file, said combiner comprising:

  • a first conveyor for supporting and moving the haphazard array of articles;

    a second conveyor positioned adjacent to the first conveyor for receiving articles therefrom;

    first and second guide members extending obliquely across the first and second conveyors, respectively, and converging toward the second conveyor in the formation of a converging flow channel for channeling the articles into a single file and diverting them onto the second conveyor;

    bars connected to the guide members and extending generally in the same direction as the guide members, but being presented inwardly therefrom at least in part so that the articles will engage the bars as they pass toward the terminal end of the flow channel, the bars being shiftably mounted about pivots fixed in position with respect to the guide members so that the bars may move away from each other, the pivot for the bar connected to the first guide member being offset longitudinally of the first conveyor from the pivot for the bar connected to the second guide member;

    means for urging the bars inwardly; and

    a moving friction surface located along the flow channel for rotating articles as they are channelLed into a single file.

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