MACHINE FOR AUTOMATIC POSITIONING AND FEEDING OF CONTAINERS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: materials handling facilities. SUBSTANCE: machine has main hopper for containers, hopper side wall, bottom, means for supporting and holding of containers, shifting means, container holding devices with apertures for putting out containers, container support shelves, container putting out section, funnel and conveyor. Design peculiarity of machine is that side hole is made in side wall of main hopper in curvilinear section preceding putting out section through which containers misaligned on holding arrangements are pushed out by centrifugal forces to external outer catching hopper coupled with side hole for taking in containers pushed out through side hole. These containers are again directed to loading space of main hopper by means of transportation means installed on outer catching hopper. EFFECT: improved operation reliability. 13 cl, 8 dwg