GB1489502A - Device for transporting prisms-shaped objects - Google Patents

Abstract

1489502 Transporting objects SKODA OBOROVY PODNIK 26 March 1975 12704/75 Heading B8S Articles such a cigarette boxes are transferred from a packaging machine (not shown) to a further machine (not shown) by a device which turns each article from a substantially horizontal to a vertical orientation, the device comprising a horizontal shoot (1), Fig. 1 (not shown), which leads into a vertical duct 3 in which the articles are each disposed in a vertical orientation, a rotary brush 4 and a pair of article holders 5, 6 extending into the duct 3, the holders 5, 6 being operative to alternately hold and release each article as it passes down the duct 3, each article after release passing on to wedge-shaped segments 20 provided on two rotary carriers 18, 19 with the aid of the rotating brush 4, the article then passing across a bridge 22 to an outlet conveyer 24 due to being pushed by pins 21 on the carriers 18, 19. The holders 5, 6 are each mounted at respective pivots 7, 8 on the frame of the device, and respective rollers 13, 14 mounted on the holders 5, 6 are urged by torsion springs 9, 10 into continuous engagement with respective cams 15, 16 which are of non-uniform thickness around their periphery and which are driven by a drive shaft 17, whereby when the rollers 13, 14 engage the smaller peripheral thickness of the associated cam 15, 16 the holders 5, 6 are moved apart to thus release an article held therebetween, and are urged towards each other by the engagement of the rollers 13, 14 with the larger peripheral thickness of the associated cam 15, 16 to thereby grip and hold the next article being fed along the duct 3.