Patent ID: 9309015
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B65B,B65G

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for laning rolled products, the apparatus comprising: a. an infeed section, the infeed section comprising one or more adjacent infeed lanes, each infeed lane conveying a plurality of rolled products in a first direction; b. a transfer section, the transfer section receiving one or more of the plurality of rolled products from each lane of the infeed section and conveying the one or more rolled products in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; c. a first discharge section, the first discharge section comprising one or more adjacent discharge lanes for receiving the one or more rolled products from the transfer section, the discharge section conveying the one or more rolled products in a third direction substantially parallel to the first direction; d. a second discharge section, the second discharge section comprising one or more adjacent discharge lanes for receiving the one or more rolled products from the transfer section, the discharge section conveying the one or more rolled products in a fourth direction substantially parallel to the first direction; e. a first displacement device for transferring rolled products from the transfer section onto the first discharge section; and f. a second displacement device for transferring rolled products from the transfer section onto the second discharge section; g. wherein the number of discharge lanes in the first discharge section is equal to, less than, or greater than the number of infeed lanes, and the number of discharge lanes in the second discharge section is equal to, less than, or greater than the number of infeed lanes.