Variable-capacity FIFO store with an expulsion station

Details Variable-capacity FIFO store with an expulsion station Variable-capacity FIFO store with an expulsion station

2007-01-16

2007-01-16

Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system having auxiliary section for storing items...

Reexamination Certificate

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11065884

ABSTRACT:
A variable-capacity FIFO store having a powered endless conveyor belt defining a conveying branch for transferring a mass of articles from an input station to an output station, and a return branch extending from the output station to the input station; and an adjusting assembly for adjusting the lengths of the conveying and return branches in complementary manner, so as to adjust the storage capacity of the store; an expulsion station is located along an output conveyor, downstream from the output station, to expel a given mass of articles from the output conveyor, and is controlled by a control unit for identifying the location of a mass of articles in the store, and for activating the expulsion station when the previously identified mass of articles travels through the expulsion station.

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