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ROLLER-BELT CONVEYOR FOR ACCUMULATING AND MOVING ARTICLES LATERALLY ACROSS THE CONVEYOR

  • US 20060249354A1
  • Filed: 05/06/2005
  • Published: 11/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A conveyor for translating conveyed articles toward a side guide, the conveyor comprising:

  • a carryway extending from an upstream end to a downstream end in a direction of belt travel and having a side guide along a first side;

    a conveyor belt supported on the carryway for running in the direction of belt travel, the conveyor belt including;

    an outer conveying surface;

    a plurality of rollers extending above the outer conveying surface at individual roller positions without contact with the carryway to support conveyed articles, each roller arranged to rotate on an axis oblique to the direction of belt travel and intersecting the first side of the carryway downstream of the roller'"'"'s position;

    a retractable stop movable to and from a blocking position along the carryway blocking the advance of conveyed articles in the direction of belt travel and causing the rollers underlying the blocked articles to rotate as the belt runs and thereby provide a component of force to the blocked articles directed toward the side guide at the first side of the carryway.

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