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Conveyor for removing an article conveyed abreast of another article

US5701989A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 28, 1996
Grant dateDec 30, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G47/684
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An article removal conveyor includes first and second conveying lanes disposed in parallel alongside one another and driven in a manner imparting mutually divergent conveying forces. The first conveying lane has a conveying surface with a higher coefficient of friction than that of the second conveying lane so that any articles contacting the first conveying lane will be controlled by that lane.

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