Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-06
2005-12-06
Hess, Douglas (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
C198S346200, C198S347100, C198S358000, C700S213000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06971500
ABSTRACT:
A configurable storage system particularly suited for use with clean-environment conveyors is disclosed. The storage system includes modular conveyor track elements which may be provided parallel to and adjacent a ceiling mounted conveyor highway. Conveyor elements may be provided as one-way paths which, when provided with plural transfer elements with respect to a conveyor highway, enable the rotation of a work-piece from a storage matrix to a transfer path and back to the storage matrix. Adjacent storage conveyor elements may be used to realize loops of storage elements. A single storage conveyor element may be shared by multiple loops of storage elements. The modularity of the present system enables the realization of plural, nested loops of storage elements. Control over such systems may be provided locally, centrally or some combination of both, and may adjust the behavior of individual storage conveyor elements based on a variety of factors.
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Hess Douglas
Middlesex General Industries, Inc.
Weingarten Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP
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