Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – By passive material-diverting means placed across the flow path
Patent
1990-01-24
1991-07-02
Olszewski, Robert P.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
By passive material-diverting means placed across the flow path
198370, 198372, B65G 4746
Patent
active
050279394
ABSTRACT:
An endless flexible apron or carrier assembly includes a pair of parallel spaced endless drive chains connected by longitudinally spaced parallel cross tubes which slidably support a series of package transfer pushers. The drive chains are supported by parallel spaced elongated side frame members which also support one or more sets of modular crossover sender, receiver and switch units. The side frames have longitudinally spaced sets of holes for conveniently positioning the sets of units at longitudinally selectable locations. Each pusher has a load carrying roller and a smaller guide roller which engages long wearing guide surfaces on repositioning blocks and on the sender and receiver units, and the guide rollers also engage a multiple step divider block on the sender unit. The crossover units are connected by guide tracks with linear sections positioned at different angles, and the chains extend around sprockets mounted on end shafts which also support resilient disks for engaging the pushers carried by the cross tubes.
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Kilper John J.
Wiggers Dennis
Alvey Inc.
Bidwell James R.
Olszewski Robert P.
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