Edward C Archer

US Patent:

49273221, May 22, 1990

Filed:

May 8, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/349119

Inventors:

Werner Schweizer - Boynton Beach FL
Daniel J. McGuire - Ft. Lauderdale FL
Edward D. Archer - Lantana FL

Assignee:

Curt G. Joa, Inc. - Sheboygan Falls WI

International Classification:

B65G 2500

US Classification:

4147947

Abstract:

A vertically extending stripper bar is manipulated to strip a stack of articles from a conveyor while the conveyor is carrying the articles downwardly at high speed. A carriage is mounted for being vertically movable. A pneumatic cylinder is coupled to the carriage. The stripper bar is supported on horizontal guide rods which slide in the vertically movable carriage. A pneumatic cylinder moves the stripper bar horizontally in and out relative to the conveyor. When the correct number of articles has accumulated next to the bar, a stripping cycle is initiated. This involves activating one pneumatic cylinder which pushes the stripper bar horizontally across the path of the downwardly moving articles. A gear rack is mounted to the vertically movable carriage and it is engaged by a gear which begins to drive the carriage and stripper bar downwardly at the same speed that the articles are moving downwardly at the instant the stripper bar begins to move horizontally. At the instant when the stripping cycle begins, a clutch is engaged to make the gear drive the carriage downwardly by driving the rack.

US Patent:

20150375943, Dec 31, 2015

Filed:

Sep 3, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/844789

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
Gregg Coningsby - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Edward D. Archer - Sebring FL, US

International Classification:

B65G 47/244
B65G 49/00

Abstract:

An apparatus and method of orienting and decorating container end closures is provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods used to position container end closures in a predetermined orientation and then decorate a predetermined portion of the end closures.