Conveyor system for receiving, orienting and conveying pouches

摘要

A conveyer system for receiving, orienting and conveying pouches is disclosed. The conveyor system includes a plurality of pucks, each puck having a lower extent with a recess extending upwardly from the lower surface thereof and having an upstanding cylindrical wall. An indexing conveyer includes a belt in a closed loop configuration supported by an idler roller at one end and with a drive roller at the other end with a motor to drive the rollers and belt in a step and repeat operation. The exterior surface of the belt is formed with a plurality of plates with a cleat on each plate to receive the recesses of a plurality of pucks thereacross. An infeed conveyer has a spine alignable with the cleat at the input end of the indexing conveyor adapted to receive and orient pucks from the infeed conveyer to the indexing conveyer. The infeed conveyer has an input end and an output end, the output end being located adjacent to the input end of the indexing conveyer. The infeed conveyor includes a belt in a closed loop configuration supported by an idler roller at one end and a drive roller at the other end with a motor to drive the rollers and belt and pucks thereabove to the indexing conveyor. Lastly, a filler exit conveyor has an input end and an output end, the input end being located in operative proximity to the output end of the indexing conveyor. The filler exit conveyor includes a conveyor belt supported by an idler roller and a drive roller with a motor to drive the rollers and belt.