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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1996
Brian K Hilbish, Bedford, VA (US);
Simplimatic Engineering Company, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A neck guide air conveyor having passageways formed above the support structure for the neck guides to direct pressurized air over the collars of articles to propel the articles. The passageways are connected to a source of pressurized air and direct the pressurized air at an inclined and downstream angle over the collars of the articles from a point above the support structure for the neck guides. The passageways may be partially formed of a plurality of channels integrally molded in the support structure for the neck guides. The passageways may also be partially formed by a spacer having a plurality of slots open toward the articles where the spacer is placed above and adjacent the support structure for the neck guides.