Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items – By distributing items from one stream into plural streams
Patent
1996-04-10
1999-08-31
Young, Karen M.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items
By distributing items from one stream into plural streams
198367, 1983691, B65G 4726
Patent
active
059441658
ABSTRACT:
A lane distribution apparatus for distribution of articles in a single lane to multiple lanes. A rocker plate and associated rocker arms are used to shift simultaneously lanes both upstream and downstream of a distribution point. The apparatus and process permits lane changes in a short period of time, which minimizes the risk of product stoppage and maximizes the speed with which products can be conveyed.
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Mannlein Dean Joseph
Power Thomas Gerard
Lever Brothers Company
McGowan, Jr. Gerard J.
Tran Thuy V.
Young Karen M.
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