Apparatus for receiving and/or delivering articles

Material or article handling – Guided – wheeled device for transporting mail and external...

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414337, 414338, 414389, 414401, 414402, 414573, 414584, 414609, B66D 910

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050963546

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for receiving and/or delivering articles comprises a generally horizontal conveyor having a number of cars arranged to travel along it. A receiving station and a delivering station are located in the path of travel of the cars along the conveyor. Each car has doors at its ends which are normally kept closed but which are arranged to open as the car approaches the receiving end delivering stations and to close on leaving the stations. The receiving station has a plate located below the base of the car but engageable therewith and means are provided to retain articles in the car on the plate as the car passes through the receiving station. The delivering station has a similar plate located below the base of the car but engageable therewith and a mechanism is provided to retain articles on the plate until the car passes through the delivering station when it picks up the articles from the plate automatically. The plate of the receiving station and the plate of the delivering station are mounted on respective vertical elevator frameworks and each can be moved between a first position in which it is engageable with the base of a car and a second position in which it is located above or within a respective drawer at the base of the associated elevator framework.

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