Narrow belt sorter
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1. A sorter for a narrow belt conveyor system having at least one narrow belt including a return belt portion and a carrier belt portion, the sorter comprising:
- at least one of a plurality of rollers and a plurality of wheels;
at least one drive roller and wherein the at least one drive roller is configured to be selectively driven by the return belt portion; and
at least one drive belt operationally coupling the at least one drive roller to the at least one of the plurality of rollers and the plurality of wheels.
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Abstract
A material handling system including a sorter that uses compressed air and drive from the narrow belts to cause articles or loads to change from one conveyor segment to an adjacent segment.
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38 Claims
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1. A sorter for a narrow belt conveyor system having at least one narrow belt including a return belt portion and a carrier belt portion, the sorter comprising:
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at least one of a plurality of rollers and a plurality of wheels; at least one drive roller and wherein the at least one drive roller is configured to be selectively driven by the return belt portion; and at least one drive belt operationally coupling the at least one drive roller to the at least one of the plurality of rollers and the plurality of wheels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A narrow belt conveyor system for carrying loads, the system comprising:
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at least one narrow belt having a return belt portion and a carrier belt portion; a sorter and wherein the return belt portion passes through the sorter, the sorter including; at least one drive roller; a moveable roller configured to move the return belt portion in and out of engagement with the at least one drive roller; at least one of a plurality of rollers and a plurality of wheels; and at least one drive belt operationally coupling the at least one drive roller to the at least one of the plurality or rollers and the plurality of wheels. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A sorter for a narrow belt conveyor system having at least one narrow belt including a return belt portion and a carrier belt portion, the sorter comprising:
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at least one of a plurality of rollers and a plurality of wheels; at least upper drive roller and at least one lower drive roller and wherein each the at least one upper drive roller and the at least one lower drive roller is configured to be selectively driven by the return belt portion and wherein the at least one upper roller engaging the return belt portion rotates the at least one of the plurality of rollers and the plurality of wheels in a first direction and the at least one lower drive roller engaging the return belt portion rotates the at least one of the plurality of rollers and the plurality of wheels in a second direction and wherein the first and second directions are opposite, and wherein the sorter is configured to rotate the at least one of a plurality of rollers and a plurality of wheels in the first direction and the second direction without the use of electrical motors in the sorter; and at least one drive belt operationally coupling the at least one drive roller to the at least one of the plurality or rollers and the plurality of wheels. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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