Lane adjusting apparatus for bottle guides
First Claim
1. Apparatus for controlling the transport of rows of moving articles which is adjustable to accommodate articles of different size, comprisingconveyor means for supporting and conveying articles along a moving pathway,a plurality of lane guides defining product transport lanes along said moving pathway each having at least one support zone having a passageway, and a rotatable shaft positioned in the passageway of each of said lane guides,a plurality of stationary, internally threaded telescoping elements irrotatably positioned on the respective lane guides, and a plurality of externally threaded telescoping elements respectively rotatably engaged in each of said internally threaded telescoping elements to form respective telescoping assemblies separating adjacent lane guides, wherein said externally threaded telescoping elements are each irrotationally mounted on said rotatable shaft and are free to slide rectilinearly along the axis of said shaft so that they may be rotationally driven by said shaft,and means for rotating said rotatable shaft such that the distance between each of the lane guides may be simultaneously increased or decreased.
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Abstract
Automatically adjustable lane guide and grid packing systems which provide for automated accommodation of articles of different size in controlling the transport of rows of moving articles.
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1. Apparatus for controlling the transport of rows of moving articles which is adjustable to accommodate articles of different size, comprising
conveyor means for supporting and conveying articles along a moving pathway, a plurality of lane guides defining product transport lanes along said moving pathway each having at least one support zone having a passageway, and a rotatable shaft positioned in the passageway of each of said lane guides, a plurality of stationary, internally threaded telescoping elements irrotatably positioned on the respective lane guides, and a plurality of externally threaded telescoping elements respectively rotatably engaged in each of said internally threaded telescoping elements to form respective telescoping assemblies separating adjacent lane guides, wherein said externally threaded telescoping elements are each irrotationally mounted on said rotatable shaft and are free to slide rectilinearly along the axis of said shaft so that they may be rotationally driven by said shaft, and means for rotating said rotatable shaft such that the distance between each of the lane guides may be simultaneously increased or decreased.
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