Abstract: In a conveyor plant for equipping both sides of a wall or partition in which two spaced apertures are formed to permit the free passage of the movable component elements of the conveyor plant, a pair of casings are each adapted to be clamped by means of jaws against one of the adjacent vertical edges of the aperture; a pair of flat longitudinal members are disposed against the wall and secured to the two casings at their ends, and a safety device responsive to any interference with said apertures is provided for actuating the knock-off motion of the plant by means of microswitches responsive to the movements of a flexible blade in one or the other direction.

Abstract: An installation for the production of layered pressed panels and decorative panels, having a panel layer assembly unit and a transversely arranged press pack feeding unit, each unit featuring a horizontally extendable start-stop conveyor with a movable transfer frame whose belt guide rolls define an S-shaped belt run. The latter, while carrying a press pack, is extended over the receiving press pack feed conveyor, or panel press table, respectively, whereupon it is retracted from under the press pack, thereby gently depositing the latter, while belt clamps hold the conveyor belt in place, as the next assembly cycle takes place. The assembly of a press pack is performed by one or more layer collecting lines which pick up panel layers from layer stacks on opposite sides of the collecting conveyor of the layer assembly unit.

Abstract: An accumulating conveyor of the kind which is adapted to feed articles thereon towards the downstream end thereof to replace any removed therefrom comprising longitudinally extending laterally spaced conveying surfaces adapted to support articles which are to be fed towards the downstream end of the conveyor, and an endless conveying band is disposed between the conveying surfaces. A selected portion of the band is adapted to be moved from a lowered position to a raised position wherein it engages the underside of articles bridging the conveying surfaces to progress them towards the downstream end of the conveyor to replace any removed therefrom.

Abstract: An endless conveyor belt apparatus is employed for moving raw materials which are characterized in having fines associated therewith from one point to another. The apparatus includes a silicone-emulsion spraying device for applying an aqueous solution of the silicone-emulsion to the material supporting side of the endless belt in sufficient concentrations to promote the release of the fines from the belt when the material being conveyed is dumped, thereby preventing the undesirable build-up of fines on return idler rolls and beneath the belt at points along the belt's return path.

Abstract: Apparatus for distributing in single file and for spacing objects moving on a conveyor belt, including two vertically staggered chains. The chains are driven about pinioned shafts having axes perpendicular to the conveyor belt and each is provided with removable symmetrical fingers parallel to and overlying the belt. The fingers are spaced at predetermined distances on the chain, in accordance with the diameter of the objects. The fingers engage the object to, in effect, accelerate or slow down the object's motion to provide predetermined spacing between objects. The fingers engage the objects at points in a plane parallel to the direction of motion of the conveyor belt, whereby the stability of the object is maintained.

Abstract: A stack former for rod-like articles includes a variable capacity transfer region between a supply conveyor and a stack conveyor. The supply conveyor is mounted on a unit which is pivotable to alter the capacity of the transfer region and which also carries a level sensor. The speed of the stack conveyor and the pivoting drive for the unit are selectively controlled by this sensor. The speed of the stack conveyor is also dependent on the angular displacement of the unit.

Abstract: A conveyor for transporting substantially flat articles, such as mail, along a trough by pusher fingers. The pusher fingers are individually mounted to carriers which are connected to pulling mechanism and guided by guide rails. The present conveyor design causes reduced operational noise and need for maintenance.

Abstract: A pair of spaced and aligned driven bottle aligning belts is disposed to each side of a bottle feed path for coaction with bottles having necks, to facilitate movement of said bottles while on their sides and being fed along the feed path. The pairs of belts on each side of said feed path approach each other, in the direction of bottle feed, so as to narrow the feed path; and by doing so to align the bottles for subsequent processing. Pairs of spaced rails are disposed downstream in said feed path and to each side thereof to receive the aligned bottles as they exit the bottle aligning belts to maintain the bottles in aligned relationship until the bottles are fed into a twister which up-ends the bottles and directs them further along the feed path to work stations where they are cleaned, filled, capped, and otherwise processed. Suitable drive belts are provided for feeding the bottles along said feed path, with appropriate drives and controls to facilitate operation thereof.

Abstract: A flexible support for supporting a conveyor belt of a conveyor having a frame. The flexible support includes at least one flexible element extending beneath a portion of the width of the conveyor belt, which flexible element is attached in the region of the ends thereof to the frame of the conveyor. The length of the flexible element is greater than the linear distance between the attached ends of the flexible element and the flexible element delimits support areas for supporting a portion of the width of the conveyor belt extending at least on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal median plane of the conveyor. The at least opposite side support areas of the flexible element are responsive to the travel of the conveyor belt for being drawn in the travel direction independently of one another.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transporting a group of yarn packages, wherein a plurality of yarn packages is separately placed on each of a plurality of trays and a plurality of the trays is placed on a pallet, and then, the pallet is transported between successive stages of yarn processing. Said method and apparatus attain efficient transportation of yarn packages and eliminate a great amount of manual labor in yarn processing.

Abstract: A loading trimmer for dispersing granular material from a loading chute in an adjustable trajector into the hold of a ship or the like. A trimmer carriage with spaced drums carrying an endless belt is positioned below the chute outlet and pivotal about the center of a pair of idler wheels which centrally engage the belt on either side thereof to form an arcuate material receiving and dispersing path. One of the drums is driven by a motor mounted on a remote pivotal platform connected to the trimmer carriage by connecting rods. The carriage is also connected to a remote crank through connecting rods and the crank is driven by a motor which controls the angle of the carriage with respect to the chute and the trajectory of the dispersion.

Abstract: A cooling or freezing apparatus comprising a housing containing a transport for moving, in a vertical direction, carriers for the goods to be cooled or frozen in the apparatus the carriers arranged one above the other, wherein the transport being arranged at the bottom of the housing and comprising two transport devices, each of which consists of a plurality of mutually parallel support rails arranged as generatrices of an imaginary cylinder and being rotatable about the axis of the cylinder, the two transport devices being arranged along the sides of the housing opposite each other and being connected to a drive for rotating the oppositely arranged transport devices about the axis thereof in mutually opposite directions, each of the carriers for the goods being provided with a support along the sides of the carriers, the height of the support being less than the spacing between two adjacent support rails of a transport device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a conveyor in which an article to be transferred is turned through an angle by means of two pluralities of juxtaposed rollers in a single plane, the pluralities having the spin axes of their rollers parallel to each other within the plurality and the spin axis of each roller in one plurality inclined at an angle to the spin axis of each roller in the other plurality by approximately half the angle through which the article is to be turned during the transfer.

Abstract: A conveyor structure of the roller type includes an alignment device for maintaining relatively flat objects in aligned positions with respect to each other. The device includes a plurality of second rollers disposed between the rollers of the conveyor, the second rollers being eccentrically rotatable about axes extending longitudinally or perpendicular to the axis of the first rollers. The second rollers move upwardly between the first rollers to engage the flat underneath surface of articles traveling on the conveyer to lift them up and to move them laterally into engagement with a positive stop position to one side of the conveyer, whereby the objects are then relatively aligned with respect to each other.

Abstract: The storage unit, to be used in conjunction with direct-feed plants for manufacturing cigarette packets, comprises a duct inclined to the vertical for feeding the cigarettes to the hopper of the packeting machine and a plurality of chambers extending perpendicularly to said duct, each having an end wall movable to change the volume of the related chamber. Drives are connected to each movable wall and are controlled by means responsive to the cigarette pressure sensed inside the inclined duct.

Abstract: Apparatus for use with a pad stacking and packing machine for diapers or the like includes means for tipping vertical pad stacks on end and grouping two stacks together in a horizontal row or group of pads, with the group discharged as a unit into a shipping container. In one embodiment a conveyor with a vertical run and curved run picks up the pad stacks and turns them on edge and carries them to a grouping station where the stacks are accumulated into a group and the group is laterally discharged into a shipping container. In another embodiment, a turret which rotates about a horizontal axis receives the diapers in magazines arranged around the turret. The vertical and compressed stacks of diapers coming off the stack forming machine are loaded into the magazines at one position of the turret and the turret is rotated 90.degree. to position the pads on edge at the container loading station.

Abstract: A sample transport mechanism is disclosed for conveying test tube samples in an endless path to and then away from a test station. The samples are removably inserted into elongated test tube supports arrayed upon a table in two rows and moveable in a rectangular path. Underlying the table is a plate generally coextensive therewith and having brackets mounting pins projecting above the margin of the table above and below the rows. The sample supports have parallel grooves in their bottom surfaces transverse to the longitudinal axis of the supports, and into which the pins may engage. The plate also has two openings, one square and the other rectangular, and into which are engaged cams. The cams when rotated move the plate in a rectangular path with respect to the table. The spacing of the pin and slots is such that the pins normally engage two diagonally opposite corner trays and move them longitudinally toward the next row by the incremental distance separating two adjacent samples.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a friction drive wheel of the type employed for driving continuous conveyor belts. The wheel is lagged with a textile fabric which comprises a base of woven polyester yarn and a friction surface of polyester textile fibers needled to the base. The lagged wheels of the invention exhibit enhanced durability over prior art frictional drive wheels, reducing the down time of conveyor units incorporating them. In comparison to asbestos lagged drive wheels there is also a reduction of potential health hazards to operating personnel as will be appreciated by industrial health personnel.

Abstract: A dust seal for a material conveyor belt and material chute includes an elongated body of a polygonal configuration. The body includes an axial bore defined within the body and extending the length thereof. An attachment device is included for securing the dust seal at a point upstream of the chute and on the belt to allow gravity and friction developed between the moving belt and the dust seal to move the dust seal to a position adjacent the chute so as to provide a seal to prevent the escape of material from around the chute.

Abstract: An article transfer mechanism is disclosed comprising a pair of longitudinally and laterally reciprocable feed bars having opposed cooperable article engaging feed fingers therebetween. The feed bars are supported at opposite ends for longitudinal sliding movement relative to feed bar support members which in turn are supported for linear lateral movement toward and away from one another. An oscillatory drive arrangement is provided at one end of the feed bars for reciprocating the bars longitudinally, and rotatable drum-type cam drive units are provided at each end of the feed bars for reciprocating the support members and thus the feed bars laterally toward and away from one another.