Patent ID: 6390282
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor for conveying containers, each container having an upper portion and a lower portion, the conveyor comprising:a first pair of vertical shafts and a second pair of vertical shafts, the first and second pairs of shafts being positioned on opposite sides of a conveyor path of the conveyor; a first pair of lower pulleys, each adjustably mounted on one of the first pair of vertical shafts; a first pair of upper pulleys, each adjustably mounted on one of the first pair of vertical shafts above the first pair of lower pulleys; a second pair of lower pulleys, each adjustably mounted on one of the second pair of vertical shafts; a second pair of upper pulleys, each adjustably mounted on one of the second pair of vertical shafts above the second pair of lower pulleys; a first vertical adjustment mechanism operatively connected between the first pair of lower pulleys and the first pair of upper pulleys for adjusting a vertical spacing between the first pair of lower pulleys and the first pair of upper pulleys; and a second vertical adjustment mechanism operatively connected between the second pair of lower pulleys and the second pair of upper pulleys for adjusting a vertical spacing between the second pair of lower pulleys and the second pair of upper pulleys.