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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1992
Byron A McCoy, Lynchburg, VA (US);
John J Douglas, Lynch Station, VA (US);
Simplimatic Engineering Company, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
An intersection is provided for bottle conveyor lines having individual neck guide pairs. The intersection comprises a transfer plate and a pair of changing plates. The transfer plate includes a substantially Y-shaped opening extending to the edges thereof and comprising two arm members and a leg member defining a central plate portion and side plate portions. Each arm member when combined with the leg member forms a substantially continuously curving bottle path. The changing plates are movable, preferably vertically, between first positions in planar alignment with the transfer plate and second positions clear of bottles moving along the paths. The changing plates include an edge spanning one bottle path from opposite sides of the leg portion of the Y-shaped opening to the point of intersection of the converging edges of the central plate to complete the bottle supporting guides along the other bottle path.