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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2001
Michael D. Seitz, Toledo, OH (US);
James E. Gerdeman, Sylvania, OH (US);
Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for, and method of, conveying tandem thermoplastic containers from a molding machine to a tail removal station, the tandem containers being positioned with their axes extending horizontally but possibly out of parallel with one another and with their ends possibly out of alignment with one another. The apparatus includes a spaced pair of synchronously driven endless conveyors that convey tandem containers to a downwardly inclined ramp, the ramp having a wedge on its tandem supporting surface that engages outwardly projecting beads on each of the containers of the tandem to orient the tandems with their ends parallel, the downwardly inclined ramp also serving to orient the tandems with their axes parallel. The apparatus also has a spaced pair of horizontally extending and synchronously driven worm gears for spacing the tandems and advancing them toward the tail removal station, the worm gears advancing the tandems over a ramp that engages the tail of each tandem to position all tails horizontally for proper severing.
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