James Louis Mcdowell

Address:

256 Gun Clb Rd, Bostic, NC 28018

VIN:

1TC2B374373100782

Make:

Plymouth

Model:

Voyager 3dr SE 113 WB

Year:

2007

US Patent:

51600137, Nov 3, 1992

Filed:

Oct 7, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/772151

Inventors:

James E. McDowell - Orange City FL

Assignee:

McDowell International Packaging Systems, Inc. - Orlando FL

International Classification:

B65G 4724

US Classification:

198412

Abstract:

An automatic bottle-turning machine is described in which filled water bottles are conveyed through an automatic turning apparatus that rotates them from an upright position onto their sides, and discharges them. Bottles enter a turning station which is laterally rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and is blocked at its distal end by an exit stop. Bottles are counted as they enter. When a predetermined count number is reached, bottle entry is stopped and the station rotates 90 degrees from its initial position to a second position. The exit stop is then deactuated and the turned bottles discharge. Bottles are counted as they exit. When the predetermined count number is reached, the station rerotates from the second position to the initial position, and the exit stop is reactuated.