Turning conveyor
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS COMPRISING A BELT CONVEYOR AND FULCRUM DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A LINE OF OVERLAPPING "SHINGLED" PAPERS FROM A DELIVERY CONVEYOR AND TRANSPORTING THEM AROUND A RIGHT-ANGLE CORNER, DURING WHICH THE PAPERS FAN OUT AND THEN RETURN TO SHINGLE CONDITION. THE PAPERS ARE PROPELLED ONTO THE BELT CONVEYOR IN SEQUENCE TO DISPOSE AT LEAST THE LEADING HALF OF EACH PAPER AHEAD OF THE CORNER, WHEREUPON THE PULL OF THE BELT CONVEYOR INITIATES TURNING OF THE PAPER THEREABOUT. MEANS ARE PROVIDED FOR PRESSING THE PAPERS AGAINST THE BELT CONVEYOR FOR BETTER RRACTION TO BRING THE PAPERS UP TO THE BELT SPEED FOR ACCELERATING TURNING THEREOF AND ALIGNING THE PAPERS WITH THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BELT CONVEYOR.
Inventors
- 👤 Leo O Donahue
- 👤 Roy E Behrens
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