Patent ID: 6530301
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B29C,B65G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for aligning tandem blown bottles coming out of a blow molding machine, each tandem blown bottle having a pair of blown bottles joined open end to open end, each blown bottle having a bead projecting radially outwardly from a location near an open end of the bottle, the apparatus comprising:means for conveying tandem blown bottles along a path that extends generally perpendicular to axes of the tandem blown bottles, in succession, from a blow molding machine with the tandem blown bottles being positioned on the means for conveying possibly with the exes of the tandem blown bottles misaligned, and possibly with the ends of the tandem blown bottles misaligned; and downwardly extending inclined means for transferring tandem blow bottles, in succession, from the means for conveying, the downwardly extending inclined means for transferring having first and second edges tapered in a direction extending parallel to the downwardly extending inclined means for transferring and positioned to engage the beads of the blown bottles, respectively, to align the ends of the tandem blow bottles, the downwardly extending inclined means for transferring also serving to align the axes of successive tandem blown bottles to be substantially parallel to each other.