Conveyor system for stacked product

Details Conveyor system for stacked product Conveyor system for stacked product

2006-09-12

2006-09-12

Hess, Douglas (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items

By shifting group from row conveyor onto stream conveyor

C198S412000, C198S468800, C198S607000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07104388

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for conveying stacked product from an infeed conveyor that conveys the product in multiple rows and at irregular intervals onto a transverse outfeed conveyor, wherein the product is in a single row and spaced at regular intervals, wherein the regular row may include gaps or empty spaces. The apparatus includes an intermediate conveyor that is disposed between the infeed conveyor and the outfeed conveyor. The intermediate conveyor overlaps and is interleaved with the infeed conveyor. A number of lift assemblies are disposed below the infeed conveyor and are adapted to selectively lift the product to suspend its forward progress and lower the product to achieve a desired arrival at the outfeed conveyor. In a preferred embodiment, the intermediate conveyor has a faster belt speed than the infeed conveyor, such that the stacked product accelerates on the overlapped portion of the infeed and intermediate conveyors.

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