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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2002
Applicants:
Andreas Seidl, Donaustauf, DE;
Alexander Sixt, Mintraching, DE;
Markus Sigler, Köfering, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Krones AG, Neutraubling, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G053/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to an air conveyor for conveying articles with a collar and a head arranged above that, in particular plastic bottles along a conveyor channel having two carrying strips arranged along the conveyor channel on which the articles are conveyed by suspending them from the collars, and having a head space having inclined side walls formed above the carrying strips. Air nozzles, which act upon the heads of the articles, are provided in the inclined side walls. This counteracts a tendency of the articles to become tilted or jammed together.