Title:
VERTICAL ACCESS FLOW-THROUGH BOTTLE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005005291
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A pneumatic conveyor system that includes a pair of movable neck guides. The neck guides include a neck support rail for holding a suspended container; and a plenum with, for example, a louver, to allow pressurized air to exit the plenum and provide a motive force for conveying the container. The neck guide or guides can move to provide an opening to allow vertical or horizontal removal of the container. The system can also include a base plate that can include a conveyor belt, to support the container when the neck guide is moved. Containers can be removed from the system through an opening between the neck guides; by raising a base support plate beneath the containers, by side guides positioned along the body of the containers, or by use of a vacuum plate.
Inventors:
VARONE RUSSELL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/021857
Publication Date:
December 01, 2005
Filing Date:
July 09, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GRAHAM PACKAGING CO (US)
VARONE RUSSELL (US)
VARONE RUSSELL (US)
International Classes:
B65G51/03; B65G53/16; B65G; (IPC1-7): B65G53/16
Foreign References:
| US6478514B1 | 2002-11-12 | |||
| US6368027B1 | 2002-04-09 | |||
| US6685401B1 | 2004-02-03 | |||
| US6514015B1 | 2003-02-04 |
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