Apparatus for controlling the flow of articles

Details Apparatus for controlling the flow of articles Apparatus for controlling the flow of articles

1998-03-09

2000-11-28

Bidwell, James R.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveying system having plural power-driven conveying sections

With relatively adjustable sections

198812, B65G 1728

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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for controlling the flow of articles from an upstream delivery station to a downstream receiving station and for temporarily storing the articles on a pair of parallel conveyors with a substantial run of the conveyors being in a vertically extending spiral made up of an incoming conveyor and an outgoing conveyor. A movable transport member is used for transferring the articles from the incoming conveyor and the outgoing conveyor at a rate dependent upon the relative speed of the two conveyors.

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Pending U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/235,888, filed Jan. 22, 1999, entitled "Apparatus for Controlling the Flow of Articles".

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