Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items – Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally spaced...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-29
2005-11-29
Ridley, Richard (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for establishing and moving a group of items
Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally spaced...
C198S459700
Reexamination Certificate
active
06968937
ABSTRACT:
Holding elements (1) equipped for transporting individual articles (2) in a held manner and being movable along a stretch of rail (5) independently of one another at least to a limited extent and having in pushed operation a regular minimum distance between one another, are banked-up during transportation at a banking-up point by a banking-up device (16) to form an accumulation store (12) upstream of the banking-up point. The holding elements are released in groups from the accumulation store (12) in a controlled manner and are conveyed away from the accumulation store. The holding elements (1) in the groups (15) advantageously are spaced the minimum distance from one another. For pre-forming the groups to be released (12) there is a further banking-up device (16) provided in the accumulation store (12). The further banking-up device acts at a further banking-up point upstream of the first banking-up point. The stream of groups being conveyed away from the accumulation store (12) can be supplied without any further transformation steps to a unit, in which the groups of articles held by holding elements (1) are processed (e.g. stacked and packed).
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WO 99/33731, Conveyor System, Publication Date: Jul. 8, 1999.
Felix Markus
Mader Carl Conrad
Muller Erwin
Ferag AG
Rankin, Hill Porter & Clark LLP
Ridley Richard
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