Title:
CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/019321
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A conveyor assembly is provided for accumulating and discharging a column of evenly spaced items. The conveyor assembly includes a receiving conveyor, a discharge conveyor and a belt guiding carriage. The receiving and discharge conveyors each include a plurality of round belts that are interlaced with the receiving belts being at a slightly higher elevation on the receiving end of the system and the discharge belts being at a slightly higher elevation on the discharge end. Both sets of belts pass through a movable carriage that guides the receiving belts from the upper elevation to the lower elevation and the discharge belts from the lower elevation to the upper elevation so that the receiving belts are at a higher elevation on the receiving end of the carriage and the discharge belts are at a higher elevation on the discharge end of the carriage.
Inventors:
CAMPBELL WILLIAM ARTHUR (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/048981
Publication Date:
April 01, 2010
Filing Date:
June 28, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CAMPBELL WILLIAM ARTHUR (US)
International Classes:
B65G15/10; B65G15/12; B65G47/66
Foreign References:
| US4846336A | 1989-07-11 | |||
| EP0251099A1 | 1988-01-07 | |||
| JPS61189047U | 1986-11-25 | |||
| JPS5463389U | 1979-05-04 | |||
| JPS55140005U | 1980-10-06 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2323928A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WILLINGHAN, George (LLCP.O. Box 1908, Baltimore MD, US)
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