Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor frame or casing – Casing – cover – shield or load supporting surface
Patent
1999-02-17
2000-09-19
Bidwell, James R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor frame or casing
Casing, cover, shield or load supporting surface
198735, B65G 2100
Patent
active
061198498
ABSTRACT:
A gated conveyor 10 includes a conveyor tray 12 having a substantially planar tray floor 14 and tray sides 16, 18. A powered drive mechanism 30 cyclically moves goods along the tray. A gate mechanism 40, 70 includes a flexible gate sheet 42, 82 transversely movable from an opened position to a closed position. A floor opening is provided in the tray floor and a side opening is provided in at least one of the tray sides 16, 18. The gate sheet moves transversely with respect to the tray floor and vertically with respect to the opening in the tray side. According to the method of the invention, the opening in the tray side extends upward from the tray floor a distance greater than the anticipated depth of the goods moving along the tray, such that goods are not pinched when the flexible gate sheet is moved to the closed position.
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Svejkovsky Paul A.
Svejkovsky Paul B.
Bidwell James R.
Bushman Browning
Svejkovsky Paul A.
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