Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Patent
1999-01-12
2000-08-22
Ellis, Christopher P.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
198833, B65G 1502, B65G 2316
Patent
active
06105755&
ABSTRACT:
A curved conveyor section comprises a generally flat substantially horizontally disposed curved belt-supporting bed having first and second opposite ends and first and second direction reversing members disposed at the first and second opposite ends, respectively. A continuous loop curved conveyor belt has arcuate inner and outer edges with a common substantially vertical centre axis and is mounted on the belt-supporting bed in looped relation around the direction reversing members so as to have an article carrying portion disposed above the belt-supporting bed and a return portion disposed below the belt-supporting bed, thus defining a looped path for the conveyor belt and presenting a substantially horizontal article carrying top surface. A motor driven continuous loop drive chain or belt is oriented in a substantially horizontal plane and has a plurality of driving members disposed along its looped length. A plurality of driven receptors are securely mounted on the curved conveyor belt along its looped path. The driving members drivably engage a consecutive subset of the plurality of co-operating receptors, which consecutive subset is disposed at one of the article carrying portion and the return portion of the curved conveyor belt, so as to thereby impart a driving force to the co-operating receptors, thus causing selective movement of the curved conveyor belt along its looped path.
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Deuble Mark A.
Ellis Christopher P.
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