High-speed paddle diverter

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1994-07-19

1995-09-26

Bidwell, James R.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...

By passive material-diverting means placed across the flow path

B65G 4782

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054527864

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for laterally diverting or shunting articles conveyed along a conveyor. An am or paddle is mechanically coupled to a rotating cam which drives the arm from a first or resting position parallel to the conveyor to a deflecting position across the conveyor at a first velocity profile and from the deflected position back to the resting position at a second, greater velocity profile in a single revolution of the cam. Velocity profiles can be optimized for the application by specification of the cam's geometry. Cycle times of 400 milliseconds, or 150 cycles per minute, are possible.

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Illustration of a prior art paddle diverter for use with a conveyor (FIGS. 1 and 2).

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