Patent ID: 6623002
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B07C,B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
A ramp aligner transport apparatus for transporting vertically oriented flat rectangular articles from a first height to a second height along a transport path having a vertical plane, the transport comprising:sets of ramp nips, a set of ramp nips comprising a driven roller and an idler roller with a toroidally shaped outer surface biased against the driven roller, the transport path passing between the driven roller and the idler roller; a first set of horizontal ramp nips transporting vertically oriented articles in the transport path, a top edge and a bottom edge of the articles aligned substantially parallel with the direction of travel; a second set of angled ramp nips downstream from the first set of ramp nips, the first and second sets of ramp nips cooperating to drive and pivot the vertically oriented articles within the vertical plane of the transport path to align the top and bottom edges of the articles substantially parallel with an angle of the angled ramp nips.