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Number: 198/382
Name: Conveyors: power-driven > Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed direction > By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform facing
Description: Apparatus wherein the initial attitude of any article is unpredictable and wherein as the article is conveyed on or by a conveyor its attitude relative to its path of conveyance is caused to be predictable.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
198/394 By conveying an item that has a position characteristic and rotating the item until it is positioned 204
198/398 By distinguishing between alternatively faced items and conveying uniformly faced items 52
198/396 Including separating item from scrambled supply hopper 169
198/383 Including significantly shaped portion of conveyor cooperating with significantly shaped item to face item 30
198/395 With control means actuated in response to sensing of improperly faced item 185


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7261512 Machine for orienting aligning vessels or bottles made of plastics Aug. 28, 2007
7014032 Method and device for aligning articles and means for detecting the position of the articles Mar. 21, 2006
7004332 Articulating disc screen apparatus for recyclable materials Feb. 28, 2006
7004300 Adjustable disc roll for longitudinally orienting elongated wood chips Feb. 28, 2006
6868652 System and method for packaging oriented containers Mar. 22, 2005
6779646 Orienting disk for improving mat formation in composite wood products Aug. 24, 2004
6752256 System for improving wood strand orientation in a wood strand orienter using rotating orienting fingers Jun. 22, 2004
6651800 Object orientation system Nov. 25, 2003
6591964 Machine for orienting containers Jul. 15, 2003
6578698 Safety arrangement in a package turning device Jun. 17, 2003
6435333 Adjustable unit for the unscrambling and lined up delivery of empty containers Aug. 20, 2002
6374984 Method for the automated grouping of objects Apr. 23, 2002
6276511 Apparatus for the alignment and depositing of elongate particles such as wood chips, wood fibers or the like on a continuously moved support Aug. 21, 2001
6241073 Wood aligning and orienting conveyor Jun. 5, 2001
6161676 Component feeder Dec. 19, 2000
6152282 Laned conveyor belt Nov. 28, 2000
6102187 Device for the aligning of objects Aug. 15, 2000
5992129 Orienting apparatus for an orientationally sensitive closure Nov. 30, 1999
5901829 Method of positioning an I.C. and IC handler utilizing said method May. 11, 1999
5871080 Product aligning system Feb. 16, 1999
5839177 Pneumatic rod loading apparatus Nov. 24, 1998
5748324 Bichromatic method and apparatus for detecting peach pit fragments May. 5, 1998
5740898 Method and apparatus for laying up strands Apr. 21, 1998
5676236 Vane orienter with wipers Oct. 14, 1997
5505238 Apparatus for composite wood product manufacturing Apr. 9, 1996
5487460 Short strand orienter Jan. 30, 1996
5404990 Vane type orienter Apr. 11, 1995
5379879 Positioning device for a piece good Jan. 10, 1995
5363950 Lumber organizer Nov. 15, 1994
5325954 Orienter Jul. 5, 1994
5263567 Horizontal vibrator method for orienting articles Nov. 23, 1993
5183144 Apparatus for orienting products on a conveyor line particularly for automatic packaging machines and method relating thereto Feb. 2, 1993
5054603 Apparatus for laying elongate members Oct. 8, 1991
4964500 Tabacco processing pneumatic alignment method and apparatus Oct. 23, 1990
4936205 Machine for destemming cherries Jun. 26, 1990
4889224 Product alignment device Dec. 26, 1989
4872544 Apparatus for oriented strand lay-up Oct. 10, 1989
4836388 Apparatus for separating material by length Jun. 6, 1989
4832205 Vibrator strips with increased spacing sorter May. 23, 1989
4819783 Automated inspection system and method Apr. 11, 1989
4682682 Feeding conveyor for feeding articles laterally onto another conveyor, particularly a sorting conveyor Jul. 28, 1987
4666029 Method and apparatus for longitudinal orientation of wood chips May. 19, 1987
4623058 Device for orientation of chips Nov. 18, 1986
4583635 Arrangement for aligning and supplying flat prismatic articles Apr. 22, 1986
4529469 Labeling machine Jul. 16, 1985
4526075 Potato processing apparatus Jul. 2, 1985
4514959 Apparatus and method for aligning and packaging elongated articles May. 7, 1985
4506778 Flake aligner including reciprocating baffles Mar. 26, 1985
4505663 Flake feeder aligner including reciprocating baffles Mar. 19, 1985
4505868 Apparatus for forming mat of aligned flake composite wood material with continuous baffles Mar. 19, 1985

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