Title: Apparatus for regulating article-treating machines that maintain an accumulation of articles at an inlet end

Abstract: A machine for treating articles, such as containers, for example, includes an infeed worm conveyor to receive a continuous flow of containers. The speed of machine operation is regulated by a speed control mechanism so as to maintain a desired constant length accumulation of containers ahead of the infeed worm conveyor. The infeed worm conveyor is axially shiftable, under the influence of forces created by accumulated containers, to transmit such forces to the speed control mechanism as an indication of the size of container accumulation.

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Inventors: Kurzweil, Lubor (Kondringen-Landeck, DT)
Linde, Joachim (Leiselheim, DT)

Application Number: 498251
Filing Date: 1974-08-16
Publication_date: 1976-04-27
Assignee: Firma Otto Sick KG, Metallwarenfabrik (Mundingen (Baden), DT)
Primary Class(es): 198/459.4 198/444, 198/571, 198/577, 198/670
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US Patent Ref:

2730226	Jan, 1956	Day et al.	198/34.
3036624	May, 1967	Carter	198/34.
3338472	Aug, 1967	Gardner	222/55.
3756434	Sep, 1973	Teske	222/55.

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Primary Examiner: Spar, Robert J.
Assistant Examiner: Slattery, James M.
Attorney: Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis