Patent ID: 7246695
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor apparatus for conveying closures, each having an upper portion and a relatively larger lower portion, comprising: a conveyor belt comprising a plurality of pivotally interconnected conveyor belt elements, and a plurality of conveyor flights respectively connected to at least some of said conveyor belt elements, each of said conveyor flights having a channel configuration, including a pair of spaced apart sidewalls, and a base web extending between and interconnecting said sidewalls, said sidewalls being spaced apart by a distance greater than a diameter of said upper portion of each said closure, and less than a diameter of said lower portion of each said closure, with each of said sidewalls defining an edge portion engageable with the lower portion of each said closure, wherein each said sidewall has a stepped configuration and includes an extension extending from the respective edge portion of the sidewall, said extensions of each said conveyor flight being spaced apart by a dimension greater than the diameter of the lower portion of each said closure to thereby receive the lower portion of the closure between the extensions, the sidewall extensions of each said conveyor flight respectively corresponds to leading and trailing portions of each said flight, wherein the one of said extensions corresponding to the leading portion of the flight extends a greater distance from said base web than the other one of the respective extensions.