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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2020
Automated Industrial Technologies, Inc., Forest, VA (US);
Charles D. Lamb, Forest, VA (US);
Shawn Little, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Automated Industrial Technologies, Inc., Forest, VA (US);
Abstract
An unscrambler machine receives a load of wooden boards in its hopper. The unscrambler steadily dispenses one board at a time onto a grading 'waterfall' conveyor. When the board leaves the unscrambler, it is relatively aligned, but not always adequately aligned, perpendicular to the direction of travel of the conveyor. In the case that multiple tiered 'waterfall' conveyors are used, the board is cascaded down each waterfall configuration and will continue to be straightened out by nature of the effect of gravity on the board as it slides down to encounter the conveyor chain of each conveyor tier.