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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Tracy E Wheeler, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Timothy J Garrard, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Digital Audio Disc Corporation, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Abstract
An inverting apparatus for inverting a product package being moved by a conveyor belt comprises an auxiliary conveyor having a pick-up end to receive the package from the conveyor surface and a discharge end located vertically above the pick-up end and the conveyor belt to discharge the package back onto the conveyor surface. The auxiliary conveyor moves the package along an inclined path from the pick-up end to the discharge end, and a fulcrum element at the discharge end horizontally spaced from the discharge end catches a forward end of the package and supports the package off center such that the package temporarily rocks on the fulcrum element and falls with a package trailing end falling forward of the package forward end to thereby invert the package as it is discharged back onto said conveyor belt.