Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Patent
1996-04-24
1997-02-25
Bidwell, James R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
198600, B65G 1500
Patent
active
056052227
ABSTRACT:
A dual knife-edge transfer conveyor for transporting small articles from one conveyor to a second conveyor, upper sections of the conveyors being in approximately the same plane, the conveyors being driven in the same transport direction and following each other immediately in the transport direction and thus forming a gap between the two conveyors, the dual knife-edge transfer conveyor comprising: a dual knife-edge plate member, an endless transfer belt, the transfer belt revolving about the dual knife-edge plate member, a transfer conveyor frame, the dual knife-edge plate member being attached to an upper section of the frame, the dual knife-edge plate member also having a pair of edges, each of the edges having a small radius, the frame being positioned in between the two conveyors such that the dual knife-edge plate member lies in approximately the same plane as the two conveyors, the dual knife-edge plate member further having a length slightly smaller than the gap formed between the two conveyors, deflection rollers, the deflection rollers being attached to the frame below the dual knife-edge plate member for deflecting the transfer belt around the edges of the dual knife-edge plate member inwardly and away from the two conveyors at an angle less than 90 degrees to enable the transfer belt to snugly fit within the gap created by the two conveyors without the transfer belt touching the two conveyors, and a drive for driving the transfer belt in the same transport direction as the two conveyors.
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Huberty Jay C.
Rekucki Mark A.
Sorensen Thomas M.
Bidwell James R.
Buckman Thomas W.
Croll Mark W.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
O'Brien John P.
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