Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – One of a plurality of main line conveyors selectively moves...
Patent
1996-11-26
1998-09-22
Bidwell, James R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
One of a plurality of main line conveyors selectively moves...
198436, B65G 3700
Patent
active
058101497
ABSTRACT:
A conveyor system for accepting one or more streams of product input and converting the one or more streams to a format that is suitable for automatic loading to a subsequent machine is disclosed. The conveyor system comprises an input level shifting conveyor disposed to receive the one or more product input streams. The level shifting conveyor is movable between a first upper level position and second lower level position. An upper level strip conveyor is disposed to receive product from the input level shifting conveyor when the input level shifting conveyor is moved to the first upper level position. The upper level strip conveyor includes an output end that is in a fixed position to direct product received by the upper level strip conveyor to a first lateral alignment position of the format. A lower level strip conveyor is disposed to receive product from the level shifting conveyor when the level shifting conveyor is moved to the second lower level position. The lower level strip conveyor includes an output end that is in a fixed position to direct product received by the lower level strip conveyor to a second lateral alignment position of the format. The second lateral alignment position is different from the first lateral alignment position. An output level shifting conveyor is also used. The output level shifting conveyor is movable between a first upper level position at which it is disposed to receive product from the upper level strip conveyor and a second lower level at which it is disposed to receive product from the lower level strip conveyor.
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Lindee Scott A.
Sandberg Glenn A.
Bidwell James R.
Formax, Inc.
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