Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – By loading or unloading section at selected one of a...
Patent
1993-09-13
1995-08-15
Skaggs, H. Grant
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
By loading or unloading section at selected one of a...
198786, 414278, B65G 4700
Patent
active
054411416
ABSTRACT:
A system for sorting objects having a source for providing the object for sorting and a plurality of receivers, spaced apart horizontally and vertically, for receiving the object after sorting. The system includes object receiving and discharging wings for receiving the object from the source and transferring the object to the receiver. The object receiving and discharging wings move the object horizontally and vertically from the source to a selected receiver. The source and at least one of the receivers are vertically aligned. Also, a system for storing and retrieving objects having storage and retrieval conveyor for providing the object to the system for storage and for retrieving the object from the system after storage, and a plurality of object storage areas spaced apart horizontally and vertically. The system includes object receiving and discharging wings for receiving the object from the storage and retrieval conveyor and transferring the object to the storage area and for receiving the object from the storage area and transferring the object to the storage and retrieval conveyor. The object receiving and discharging wings have move the object horizontally and vertically from the storage and retrieval conveyor to a selected storage area. The object receiving and discharging wings further have move the object horizontally and vertically from the selected object storage area to the storage and retrieval conveyor.
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Diehl R. Anthony
Murray William H.
Skaggs H. Grant
United Parcel Service of America Inc.
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