US 12,275,596 B2
Alignment conveyor
Bart Kroef, Bergen (NL)
Assigned to PIP INNOVATIONS B.V., Bergen (NL)
Appl. No. 18/287,268
Filed by PIP INNOVATIONS B.V., Bergen (NL)
PCT Filed Apr. 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/060290
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/223546, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21169219 (EP), filed on Apr. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199343 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B26D 1/28 (2006.01); B26D 5/20 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01); B65G 27/00 (2006.01); B65G 27/16 (2006.01); B65G 27/18 (2006.01); B65G 41/00 (2006.01); B65G 53/30 (2006.01); B65G 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 41/007 (2013.01) [B65G 27/18 (2013.01); B65G 41/005 (2013.01); B65G 53/30 (2013.01); B65G 21/12 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0211 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An alignment conveyor suitable for elongated bodies comprising
at least one piece of material comprising an indentation in an alignment direction as an alignment lane,
which alignment lane comprises at least one slot in the alignment lane in an angle to the alignment direction,
at least one means for optical detection for determining the speed of the elongated body on the alignment conveyor,
at least one electronic circuit-based control device,
at least one movable knife mounted shifted from the means for optical detection in the alignment direction, mounted in an angle to the alignment direction and mounted in such a way that it can move within the slot in the alignment lane and wherein
that the at least one alignment lane is sloped.