Singulator conveyor system having package-return conveyors
US5769204A · kind A · utility
60Cited by
12References
9Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/684
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A singulator conveyor receives randomly oriented articles and positions those articles in single file. The conveyor includes skewed rollers for driving articles longitudinally and laterally against a side wall. The width of the singulator conveyor becomes gradually stepped-down, and a return conveyor system is provided which includes secondary return conveyors or chutes disposed at respective ones of the steps for receiving excessive articles from the singulator conveyor and delivering them to a main return conveyor which returns the articles to an upstream end of the singulator conveyor.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.