US 12,275,212 B2
Repositioning station
Dominic Thériault, Saint-Jacques (CA); Mathieu Tremblay, Laval (CA); Michel Beauséjour, Joliette (CA); Raphaël Desmarais, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (CA); Javier De La Calle, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies (CA); David Leblanc, Sainte-Julienne (CA); and Jonathan Lemay, Sainte-Sophie (CA)
Assigned to CONCEPTION IMPACK DTCI INC., Saint-Jacques (CA)
Appl. No. 17/912,366
Filed by CONCEPTION IMPACK DTCI INC., Saint-Jacques (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CA2021/050357
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/184120, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/991,014, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182430 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 29/66 (2006.01); B31B 50/98 (2017.01); B65H 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC B31B 50/98 (2017.08) [B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 29/66 (2013.01); B65H 2301/321 (2013.01); B65H 2301/33214 (2013.01); B65H 2301/33216 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1766 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A repositioning station (200) for a continuous shingled stream (120) of overlapping semirigid planar articles (100) in which the articles (100), being carried upon an incoming conveyor (122) in a flat configuration and in a facedown position, enter the repositioning station (200) in a first horizontal direction (124) and then transported by the repositioning station (200) in a second horizontal direction (202) onto an outgoing conveyor (302) to form a stack with the articles (100) in an upright position that is carried away upon the outgoing conveyor (302) in a third horizontal direction (304), the repositioning station (200) defining a transport circuit (204) and including:
a lateral deviation assembly (210) located at an inlet of the repositioning station (200), the lateral deviation assembly (210) including a plurality of lengthwise-disposed roller units (240) along which the transport circuit (204) follows a generally ellipsoidal deviation path to veer the shingled stream (120) from the first direction (124) to the second direction (202) and also to pivot the articles (100) in the shingled stream (120) from the facedown position to the upright position about a curvilinear axis (206) coinciding with an innermost and bottommost boundary of the transport circuit (204) throughout the lateral deviation assembly (210).