Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Patent
1994-01-03
1995-08-08
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
B65G 4780
Patent
active
054390982
ABSTRACT:
A powered belt turn (10) for conveying parcels, objects and the like around curves. The powered belt turn (10) is embodied in a disk-shaped transfer sheet (20) that is rigidly attached to a shaft (30). A motor (60) is operatively attached to shaft (30), causing the shaft and transfer sheet (20) to rotate in unison. The transfer sheet rests on a bed (70) that is positioned between a feed conveyor belt and an exit conveyor belt. Parcels move onto the transfer sheet from the feed conveyor belt. The spinning transfer sheet (20) delivers the parcels from the feed conveyor belt to the exit conveyor belt. The parcels exit the transfer sheet (20) onto the exit conveyor belt (50). The transfer sheet is bent downwardly and the feed and exit conveyor belts are placed adjacent the bent portion of the transfer sheet (20) to deposit parcels onto the transfer sheet and receive parcels from the transfer sheet, respectively. Alternatively, the feed conveyor belt may be positioned above the transfer sheet.
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United Parcel Service of America Inc.
Valenza Joseph E.
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