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High efficiency sorting conveyor

  • US 9,067,743 B1
  • Filed: 07/21/2014
  • Issued: 06/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sorting conveyor for transporting objects and unloading objects at one or more unloading stations adjacent the conveyor, said sorting conveyor comprising:

  • (a) a conveyor track;

    (b) a train of conveyor carts connected end-to-end; and

    (c) an opposed roller motor assembly for moving said conveyor carts on said conveyor track, said opposed roller motor assembly including a cantilevered, drive roller connected to one pivot block assembly and another pivot block assembly adapted for positioning said drive roller,wherein a tension linkage couples said pivot block assemblies together and movement of each pivot block assembly mirrors movement of the other pivot block assembly; and

    (d) each of said conveyor carts including;

    (i) a trailer frame base, including;

    a roller structure for engaging said conveyor track, a driven member responsive to said opposed roller motor assembly, adjacent spaced apart driven members, and a hitch mechanism for connecting each conveyor cart to an adjacent conveyor cart; and

    (ii) a carrying surface for holding the objects.

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