Title:
INDUCTOR STATION FOR SORTATION CONVEYING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000071444
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An inductor station (18) for a sortation conveying system is able to accommodate an assortment of substantially rectangular items which in general each have unique dimensions. A worker loads the inductor station with a charge of items (36) each standing upright on edge and side-by-side. The charges are loaded in sequence to a feeder tray (34), and a programmably controlled feeding assembly (38) feeds the charges along the feeder tray to a loading mechanism (40). The loading mechanism (40) loads the endmost item from a discharge end of the feeder tray (34) onto a takeaway conveyor (44). The items are loaded on the takeaway (44) standing upright and on edge. An indexing motion stripping conveyor (40) is used to time the loading of the items onto the takeaway conveyor (44) so that the items are conveyed to an appropriate pocket (14) on the core conveyor (12) for the sortation conveying system. The feeding assembly (38) and the loading assembly (40) are each programmably controlled (28) to coordinate movement of items through the inductor station with each item substantially maintaining its upright orientation.
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Inventors:
EGGEBRECHT TODD R
KNAS JASON M
KNAS JASON M
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/011751
Publication Date:
January 25, 2001
Filing Date:
May 01, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DORNER MFG CORP (US)
International Classes:
B07C1/04; B65G43/08; B65G47/52; B65H1/30; B65H3/24; (IPC1-7): B65G47/08; B65G47/32; B65G47/82; B65G47/84
Foreign References:
| EP0663356A1 | 1995-07-19 | |||
| US5230206A | 1993-07-27 |
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