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Method and conveyor for registering articles on a conveyor belt
US8944236B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8944236-B2 |
| Application number | US-201313892940-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | May 13, 2013 |
| Priority date | May 13, 2013 |
| Publication date | Feb 3, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2015 |
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Method and a conveyor for registering articles on a conveyor belt. The conveyor includes a registration belt having retractable flights regularly spaced along the length of the belt and article-propelling rollers between consecutive flights. The flights are raised in an upstream portion of the conveyor, and the rollers rotated to propel articles forward against the raised flights. In a downstream portion of the conveyor, a flat-top belt under the conveyor belt runs faster than the conveyor belt and causes the flights to lower and the rollers behind the lowering flights to rotate in reverse to urge the articles away from interfering with the lowering flights.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for registering articles on a conveyor belt, comprising: conveying articles atop rollers in a conveyor belt advancing downstream in a direction of belt travel along an upper run; propelling the articles forward relative to the conveyor belt by rotating the rollers in a forward direction in the direction of belt travel in an upstream portion of the upper run; raising flights disposed at spaced apart positions along the length of the conveyor belt…
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- What does patent US8944236B2 cover?
- Method and a conveyor for registering articles on a conveyor belt. The conveyor includes a registration belt having retractable flights regularly spaced along the length of the belt and article-propelling rollers between consecutive flights. The flights are raised in an upstream portion of the conveyor, and the rollers rotated to propel articles forward against the raised flights. In a downstre…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Laitram Llc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B65G13/06. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).