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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerard Doudement, Le Havre Cedex, FR;
Bruno Galloni, Le Havre Cedex, FR;
Assignee:
Sidel, Le Havre Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/900 ;
Abstract
A conveyor system for discrete entities, including a gathering member supplied by at least two upstream units ( ) each of which brings to the gathering member a series of entities ( ), and wherein the entities leave the gathering member in a single line. The gathering member includes a gathering wheel ( ) driven in rotation and provided with several slots ( ) emerging radially at the periphery of the wheel for receiving each entity, and the slots of a common series have the same radial depth, the series of slots being differentiated by the depth of their slots, and each series of slots is associated exclusively with an upstream unit.