Modular warehouse conveyor system

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1978-03-24

1980-02-19

Sheridan, Robert G.

Material or article handling

Plural, static structures for supporting discrete loads and...

Load-underlying members

198367, B65G 106

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041892739

ABSTRACT:
A modular conveyor system for use in a warehouse having a plurality of elongated, multi-level order selection racks includes a plurality of powered picking conveyors supported in vertically spaced superimposed relationship, a plurality of accumulator conveyors supported above the picking conveyors in a common horizontal plane, a merge conveyor sequentially receiving a batch of articles from the accumulator conveyors and discharging the articles onto a sortation conveyor. The sortation conveyor includes a plurality of article diverters for automatically diverting predetermined articles from the batch onto a plurality of discharge conveyors. A palletizer station positioned adjacent each of the discharge conveyors includes a storage area for a plurality of pallets and a lift to transfer a loaded pallet to a run out conveyor which permits the pallet to be transferred to a truckloading area.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3734311 (1973-05-01), Thompson et al.
patent: 3983988 (1976-10-01), Maxted et al.

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