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Conveyor system with diverting track network

  • US 6,923,308 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Issued: 08/02/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A diverting system for diverting articles from a conveying surface of a conveyor comprising:

  • a plurality of movable pushers associated with the conveying surface and adapted to be movable transversely across the conveying surface;

    a plurality of diverting tracks configured to guide selected ones of said movable pushers across the conveying surface;

    a plurality of diverters, each said diverter adapted to selectively divert at least one movable pusher to one of said diverting tracks when said diverter is activated into a diverting state; and

    a controller for selecting at least two diverters from said plurality of diverters to divert at least two movable pushers, said controller first activating a first one of said selected diverters into the diverting state and subsequently activating a second one of said selected diverters into the diverting state, to divert an article from the conveying surface with said at least two movable pushers.

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