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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joël Trenel, Marcq en Baroeul, FR;
Carlos Rodrigues, Lille, FR;
Assignee:
Netra Systems, Marcq en Baroeul, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/724 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/724 ;
Abstract
The air conveyor enables suspended articles to be transported, e.g. empty plastics bottles B, under drive from air jets. It has a bottom longitudinal guide ( ) which extends along the path of the articles, which has two facing longitudinal guide walls ( ), and which is positioned or suitable for being positioned relative to the suspension points of the articles in such a manner that an article suspended from the conveyor comes into contact via its base with the inside faces of the two guide walls, and is held tilted relative to the vertical and rearwards relative to the transport direction by a minimum conveying angle.