System, apparatus, and method for detecting a fault in a pusher shoe of a shoe sortation conveyor

US11242208B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC · US

Inventors

• William M. Saurber, III · Hamilton, US
• Eric Roth · West Chester, US
• Jacob D. Wieneke · Monroe, US
• Justin J. Zimmer · Dayton, US
• John Williams Rugh · Terrace Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2021
• Grant date: Feb 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2207/40
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shoe sorter is described. The shoe sorter can include a switch plate that supports movement of a shoe pin of a pusher shoe, a finger, and an actuation arm. In some examples, the finger can be configured to be moved in a first direction in response to a portion of the shoe pin contacting a portion of the finger. The actuation arm can be pivotably engaged to the finger so that a movement of the finger in the first direction can cause a movement of the actuation arm in a second direction. In this regard, the actuation arm in the second direction can cause a change in a signal outputted by the photoelectric sensor coupled to the shoe sorter. This change in the signal can be used by a processor to determine that the shoe pin is misaligned.