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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Woolley, Chicago, IL (US);
Steven A Karnatz, Wauconda, IL (US);
Assignee:
Weiler Engineering, Inc., Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1986263 ; 1986265 ; 1983452 ; 53249 ; 53570 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for conveying bags along a path which includes a plurality of work stations. The conveyor apparatus includes a plurality of conveyor assemblies. Each of the conveyor assemblies includes opposed belt assemblies, one of which is laterally displaceable. Opposed belts of the opposed belt assemblies are contiguous for grasping the sides of the bags and transporting the bags in a generally upright orientation as the belts are driven in synchronism.