Combiner rails
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1. In a conveyor system for conveying containers, a combiner rail for installation as one side wall of the conveyor system in an area where an accumulation of containers in a relatively wide span is to be reduced to a single file of the containers in a narrow span, the combiner rail comprising:
- means for supporting and securing a plurality of rollers in each of a plurality of horizontal rows with each roller rotatable on a vertical axis independent of the axes of the remaining rollers,means for mounting each horizontal row of rollers,and means for simultaneously staggering the axes of the rollers in one horizontal row relative to the axes of the rollers in at least two other horizontal rows by adjusting at least one mounting means relative to at least two other mounting means.
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Abstract
A combiner rail having a plurality of horizontal rows of rollers. Each horizontal row is staggered from the adjacent horizontal row to prevent containers from jamming in gaps between adjacent rollers.
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1. In a conveyor system for conveying containers, a combiner rail for installation as one side wall of the conveyor system in an area where an accumulation of containers in a relatively wide span is to be reduced to a single file of the containers in a narrow span, the combiner rail comprising:
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means for supporting and securing a plurality of rollers in each of a plurality of horizontal rows with each roller rotatable on a vertical axis independent of the axes of the remaining rollers, means for mounting each horizontal row of rollers, and means for simultaneously staggering the axes of the rollers in one horizontal row relative to the axes of the rollers in at least two other horizontal rows by adjusting at least one mounting means relative to at least two other mounting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a conveyor system for conveying containers, a combiner rail for installation as one side wall of the conveyor system in an area where an accumulation of containers in a relatively wide span is to be reduced to a single file of the containers in a narrow span, the combiner rail comprising:
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means for supporting a plurality of rollers in a plurality of horizontal rows with each roller rotatable on a vertical axis, each mounted for free rotation on a shaft, the supporting means comprising a plurality of horizontal channel members, one for each horizontal row of rollers, and means for staggering the axes of the rollers in one horizontal row relative to the axes of the rollers in another horizontal row; the staggering means comprising means for adjusting the horizontal positions of the channel members relative to one another.
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9. A combiner rail for installation as a side wall of a container carrying conveyor system at a location where the volume of containers is to be reduced from several wide to single file comprising;
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a frame, a first plurality of pins supported by the frame in a substantially horizontal first row, a second plurality of pins supported by the frame in a substantially horizontal second row below the first row, the axes of the pins in the second row being offset from the axes of the pins in the first row in a direction lengthwise of the frame parallel to the path of movement of the containers, a third plurality of pins in a substantially horizontal third row below the second row, the axes of the pins in the third row being staggered from the axes of the pins in the second row, a plurality of rollers each mounted on one of the pins, and including a lead end plate supported by the frame upstream of the rollers and a trailing end plate supported by the frame downstream of the rollers, the plates having substantially vertical edges opposite the rollers and having edges proximate to the rollers and having faces generally in a plane common to the tangents of all the rollers.
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