Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items – By distributing items from one stream into plural streams
Patent
1987-12-10
1989-04-25
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items
By distributing items from one stream into plural streams
198442, 198360, B65G 4768
Patent
active
048239305
ABSTRACT:
A conveyor apparatus includes a first guide assembly defining a plurality of inlet lanes in which inlet columns of flat articles are forwarded in a direction of advance determined by the first guide assembly and a second guide assembly defining a plurality of outlet lanes in which outlet columns of the flat articles are advanced. The outlet lanes are different in number from that of the inlet lanes. A plurality of routing gates is arranged at a discharge end of the inlet lanes. Each routing gate is arranged to be pivoted into one of two end positions for redistributing the articles from the inlet lanes into the outlet lanes. There are further provided separate actuating units operatively connected to separate routing gates for independently operating each routing gate. Each actuating unit comprises a sensor arranged at a respective inlet lane for emitting a signal upon passage of an article on the respective inlet lane and a setting motor connected to a respective routing gate and a sensor for operating the respective routing gate in response to the signal emitted by the sensor.
REFERENCES:
patent: 833319 (1906-10-01), Gilman
patent: 2451104 (1948-10-01), Lowe
patent: 2671549 (1954-03-01), Lubetkin
patent: 3739901 (1973-06-01), Crispe
SIG - Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft
Valenza Joseph E.
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