Workpiece vertical conveyor system
US4249652A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 1978 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/57
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An article carrier system in which articles are transferred between pallets and support means particularly useful in transfer systems where work articles are being processed in the way of machining and the like and being carried by conveyors, either on pallets or as a bare part, from station to station. An endless power driven, optionally reversible, conveyor is disposed vertically and has a plurality of pallet conveying buckets and a plurality of article conveying buckets arranged in a regular sequence on the conveyor. Adjacent the conveyor are transfer and support stations for removing and adding articles from and to the conveyor and for removing and adding pallets operating in response to the conveyor movement. The conveying and support members are interdigitally related so there can be a proper pass through for the individual functions. Thus, article buckets can pick up and deposit articles and pallet buckets can pick up and deposit pallets at respective support stations, and likewise pallets can be loaded and unloaded in various sequences.
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