Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Movement of load changed relative to conveyor movement on...
Patent
1998-06-09
2000-10-31
Ellis, Christopher P.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Movement of load changed relative to conveyor movement on...
198325, B65G 4774
Patent
active
06138819&
ABSTRACT:
A sectional article transfer assembly for receiving articles stripped from the conveying surface of a moving conveyor belt. The article transfer assembly includes, as a first piece, a transfer edge member having a base portion lying on and supported by a support frame and a belt-abutting portion that extends from the base portion to closely abut the conveying surface of a conveyor belt as it passes around a sprocket. The belt-abutting portion can have fingers or a beveled straight edge, for example. The transfer edge member mates with a second piece, a transfer plate member, which has a recessed portion that overlaps and mates with the base portion of the transfer edge member and a flat top article-transfer plate continuous and coplanar with an upper surface of the transfer edge member to form an extension of the conveying surface of the belt along which articles arc conveyed. In preferred versions, the two pieces can each be made of different materials, such as a durable material for the transfer edge member and a low-friction material for the transfer plate member. Other combinations of materials can be used to adapt the characteristics of the sectional transfer assembly to different operational demands.
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Bogle David W.
Christiana Sandra A.
Greve Christopher G.
Hicks Timothy J.
Horton Paul L.
Cronvich James T.
Dillon, Jr. Joe
Ellis Christopher P.
The Laitram Corporation
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