Article orienter and attendant orientation operations
First Claim
1. An assembly for orienting conveyed articles comprising a primary subassembly operatively linked for travel with a secondary subassembly, said primary subassembly including a vision system and an array of actuators, actuators thereof responsive to detections of said vision system and selectively energizable for conveyed article engagement in furtherance of altering an orientation of the conveyed article, said secondary subassembly characterized by a friction bar extending along a travel path for the conveyed articles, energization of an actuator of said array of actuators resulting in frictional engagement of an actuated article with said friction bar so as to rotatingly orient the actuated article.
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Abstract
An article inspection and orientation adjustment assembly is generally provided. The assembly is generally characterized by a primary subassembly operatively linked for travel with a secondary subassembly. The primary subassembly includes a vision system for visually inspecting conveyed articles, and an array of actuators, actuators thereof responsive to detections of the vision system and selectively energizable for conveyed article engagement in furtherance of altering an orientation of the conveyed article. The secondary subassembly includes a friction bar extending along a travel path for the conveyed articles, energization of an actuator of the array of actuators resulting in frictional engagement of an actuated article with the friction bar so as to rotatingly orient the actuated article.
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18 Claims
- 1. An assembly for orienting conveyed articles comprising a primary subassembly operatively linked for travel with a secondary subassembly, said primary subassembly including a vision system and an array of actuators, actuators thereof responsive to detections of said vision system and selectively energizable for conveyed article engagement in furtherance of altering an orientation of the conveyed article, said secondary subassembly characterized by a friction bar extending along a travel path for the conveyed articles, energization of an actuator of said array of actuators resulting in frictional engagement of an actuated article with said friction bar so as to rotatingly orient the actuated article.
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18. An assembly for orienting conveyed articles comprising a primary subassembly operatively linked for travel with a secondary subassembly, said primary subassembly including an operative combination of a lens and an image sensor, and an array of actuators, actuators thereof responsive to detections of said vision system and selectively energizable for conveyed article engagement in furtherance of altering an orientation of the conveyed article, said secondary subassembly characterized by a friction bar extending along a travel path for the conveyed articles, energization of an actuator of said array of actuators resulting in frictional engagement of an actuated article with said friction bar so as to rotatingly orient the actuated article.
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