Patent ID: 7445442
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: B26D,B30B,C10L,H04N,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A compression conveyor auger assembly, for transporting and compressing waxed corrugated cardboard segments, comprising: a housing, said housing including an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein said outlet end is tapered; an opening on said housing, said opening disposed adjacent said inlet end of said housing; a compression conveyor screw rotatably disposed within said housing, said compression conveyor screw including a helical blade extending between said inlet end and said outlet end of said housing, said helical blade including a plurality of flights; wherein said helical blade includes a pusher side and a rear side; and weld buildups on said pusher side and said rear side of said helical blade; wherein length and height of all said weld buildups vary with positioning of said blade relative to said outlet end of said housing; wherein each flight is divided into a plurality of stations; wherein said compression conveyer screw, from one end of said housing to the other, exhibits a uniform amount of change in angular displacement from a station to an adjacent station; and wherein said housing and said compression conveyer screw are configured to orient and align the cardboard segments in a circumferentially-disposed manner about a periphery of said compression conveyer screw and to move said cardboard segments forward while said cardboard segments are being disposed horizontally.