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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nelson Franks, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, Ohio 43666, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53557 ; 531393 ; 198415 ;
Abstract
A conveyor for transporting containers in a vertical position along a defined path through a power adjustable, container rotating mechanism. The rotating mechanism includes a pair of elongate friction members respectively disposed laterally adjacent the defined path of travel. One of the friction members is a movable wall device and the other friction member is a static wall device. Each friction member is laterally movable by cam devices controlled by power operated linkage mechanisms.