Dispensing Apparatus (Patent No: 571815)

Inventor: Davis, Arthur D.

Location: Calgary

Comments: N/A

Description:
Issued March 10, 1959

Arthur D. Davis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Application October 27, 1953, Serial No. 655,975.
15 Claims.

1. In an apparatus for dispensing liquids, a conveyor belt, means for continuously driving said conveyor belt, means on said conveyor belt defining a plurality of channels each extending substantially in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt, means for guiding receptacles on said conveyor belt into each of said channels, stop means for retaining receptacles in said channels in predetermined positions, said receptacles being in sliding contact with the continuously moving conveyor belt means for feeding liquid into receptacles within. said channels and means for releasing said stop means to allow receptacles within said channels to travel on said conveyor belt to a position in which the receptacles are available for removal from the apparatus.

2. In an apparatus for dispensing liquids, a conveyor belt, means for continuously driving said conveyor belt, means on said conveyor defining a plurality of channels each extending substantially in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt, means for guiding receptacles on said conveyor belt into one of said channels, additional guide means for deflecting succeeding receptacles to another of said channels when a predetermined number of receptacles have been guided into said one of said channels and means similar to said additional guide means for deflecting succeeding receptacles to each of the other channels successively to deposit predetermined numbers of receptacles in each of said other channels, means for feeding liquid into receptacles in said channels, stop means for retaining receptacles in said channels in predetermined positions, said receptacles being in sliding contact with the continuously moving conveyor belt and means for releasing said stop means to allow receptacles within said channels to travel on said conveyor belt to a position in which the receptacles are available for removal from the apparatus.

3. An apparatus as in claim 2 in which the means defining a plurality of channels comprises partition members, the ends of said partition members which face in the direction from which the conveyor belt is moving being obliquely inclined to the direction of movement of the conveyor belt so that each partition has a long side and a short side, the short sides of said partitions being longer than the long sides of partitions facing said short sides.

4. An apparatus as in claim 3 in which said means for guiding receptacles on said conveyor belt into one of said channels comprises a member extending obliquely across the conveyor belt from one side of the conveyor belt to a point spaced from the other side of the conveyor belt to leave a passageway past the guiding means.