Means for laterally deflecting articles from a path of travel

Details Means for laterally deflecting articles from a path of travel Means for laterally deflecting articles from a path of travel

1980-04-21

1982-03-30

Reeves, Robert B.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

By distributing items from one stream into plural streams

198367, 198438, 209653, B65G 3700

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043219942

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for laterally deflecting selected articles from a first conveyor to one or more other conveyors comprises either extensible and retractable deflective segments, or gas nozzles whose intensity is adjustable. The deflective segments have tapered front faces which jointly form a smooth deflecting face whose taper increases in the direction of conveyance. The number of segments used depends on the speed component required, and the segments are extended by only a portion of the lateral distance the articles are to cover, the remainder of the distance being covered by the imparted inertia.
Alternative embodiments include a deflecting wedge or flap.

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patent: 3138408 (1964-06-01), Bruce et al.
patent: 3791518 (1974-02-01), Vanderhoof
patent: 4142636 (1979-03-01), Planke

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