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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Sentry Equipment Erectors, Inc., Forest, VA (US);

Inventors:

Leslie Womack, Forest, VA (US);

Michael Wilson, Goode, VA (US);

Thomas Sisson, Jr., Forest, VA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/248 (2006.01); B65G 11/20 (2006.01); B65G 11/18 (2006.01); B65G 11/02 (2006.01); B65G 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/248 (2013.01); B65G 11/023 (2013.01); B65G 11/063 (2013.01); B65G 11/183 (2013.01); B65G 11/203 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0252 (2013.01); B65G 2812/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gravity conveyor guide including: a frame; a conveyor track attached to the frame at a downwardly angle for guiding a plurality of moving containers down the conveyor track along a travel path; a pair of opposing struts attached on either side of the conveyor track; a rail assembly attached to the pair of opposing struts above the conveyor track; a linear shuttle carriage slidingly attached to the rail assembly, the linear shuttle carriage having a bank of at least two container rotating devices disposed; wherein the linear shuttle carriage slides on the rail assembly to move from a first position in which one of the at least two container rotating devices is aligned with the travel path to a second position in which a second one of the at least two container rotating devices is aligned with the travel path.


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