Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – Condition responsive control means including sensing...
Patent
1977-10-21
1979-04-03
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
Condition responsive control means including sensing...
198367, 198437, 198442, B65G 4726
Patent
active
041472489
ABSTRACT:
A dividing conveyor system is disclosed for directing articles such as milk bottles traveling along a stem conveyor to either a first or second branch conveyor. The divider conveyor system includes a diverter assembly disposed over the intersection point of the stem, first and second branch conveyors, and a diverter positioner for locating the diverter in an appropriate position to divert articles from the stem conveyor to either of the branch conveyors. A first branch sensor is located near the first branch conveyor and downstream of the conveyor intersection point, and a second sensor is correspondingly located near the second conveyor and downstream of the conveyor intersection point. Appropriate switching circuitry includes logic elements to divert articles from the stem conveyor to a branch conveyor at which the associated branch sensor has sensed the absence of articles on that branch conveyor. If both branch conveyors have been filled with articles, additional articles coming in along the stem conveyor are directed into a storing array against a bumper stop.
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Anthony Richard
Kurczak Walter
Mojonnier Bros. Co.
Valenza Joseph E.
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