Patent ID: 7360636
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
1. An alternate package flip-over device including a primary conveyor adapted in use for intermittent operation to feed a batch of packages to a secondary conveyor adapted for continuous operation, a flip-over mechanism downstream of the secondary conveyor provided with a receiving section and a delivery section each comprising guides adapted in use to guide the packages during travel through the respective sections, the mechanism further comprising a tertiary direction-reversible conveyor intermediate the receiving and delivery sections, a fourth transfer conveyor disposed beneath the mechanism, a flap disposed between the secondary conveyor and both the receiving section of the flip-over mechanism and the fourth transfer conveyor, for alternating in use the passage of successive batches of the packages to the flip-over mechanism or to the fourth transfer conveyor, and a monitoring control being associated with the primary conveyor for detecting the number of packages in use passing thereover and being adapted to stop and start the primary conveyor intermittently in accordance with the detection of a preset number of packages to create batches within a stream of packages and to actuate the flap whereby alternate batches are fed to the flip-over mechanism or to the fourth conveyor.