Velocity compensator assembly in horizontal article conveyor system - has several gripping members positioned by carrier bars and includes control arms

摘要

The article packing or unpacking appts. includes two correlated driven conveyors one for articles and one for moving cases through a fixed course having a horizontal section and with both conveyors having fixed orbits. The article conveyor is in a vertical plane above the one conveyor horizontal section. Article grippers are positioned by carrier bars engaged with the article conveyor, which grippers depend from the carrier bars in a lower reach of such article conveyor. A pair of control arms are individually secured to each carrier bar at different ends to engage guides as the article conveyor is moved downwardly towards an inflection area so that the article grippers are presented on vertical axes as they are moved into, along with, and lifted from cases moving through the horizontal section of the case conveyor fixed course.