Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – By passive material-diverting means placed across the flow path
Patent
1989-12-11
1991-02-19
Hajec, Donald T.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
By passive material-diverting means placed across the flow path
209698, B65G 4746
Patent
active
049935356
ABSTRACT:
A bidirectional travelling device for side sorting of articles in a flexible path transporting system made of at least one support fastened to a guide tow element of the system. Each support is made of a channel iron which is positioned to transversely with respect to the flexible path. The travelling device also includes a swiveling member positioned on each support for loading the article to be sorted. The swiveling member is made of two complementary, fork-shaped elements facing and interpenetrating one another. The fork-shaped elements pivot on sideboards of the channel iron. Due to gravity, the elements are in a horizontal, stable equilibrium position to define a plane for supporting the article. The travelling device further includes a scheme for actuating and resetting the swiveling member for rotating and raising the respective fork-shaped elements causing the downward discharge of the article transverse to the flexible path transporting system. The fork-shaped element thereafter returns to the equilibrium position due to the influence of gravity, causing the switching member to be reset.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3386563 (1968-06-01), Harrison
patent: 4031998 (1977-06-01), Suzuki et al.
patent: 4089404 (1978-05-01), Venzke
Hajec Donald T.
Meccanizzazione Postale e Automazione S.p.A.
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