DE602006004579D1 - Fördergerät und verfahren zum zerstreuen dicht beieinander liegender artikel - Google Patents

Fördergerät und verfahren zum zerstreuen dicht beieinander liegender artikel

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DE602006004579D1
DE602006004579D1 DE602006004579T DE602006004579T DE602006004579D1 DE 602006004579 D1 DE602006004579 D1 DE 602006004579D1 DE 602006004579 T DE602006004579 T DE 602006004579T DE 602006004579 T DE602006004579 T DE 602006004579T DE 602006004579 D1 DE602006004579 D1 DE 602006004579D1
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Mark Costanzo
Eric M Pressler
Matthew L Fourney
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Laitram LLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
    • B65G47/71—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged or distributed to several distinct separate conveyors or to a broader conveyor lane
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G17/00—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
    • B65G17/24—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of rollers which are moved, e.g. over a supporting surface, by the traction element to effect conveyance of loads or load-carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G39/00—Rollers, e.g. drive rollers, or arrangements thereof incorporated in roller-ways or other types of mechanical conveyors 
    • B65G39/02—Adaptations of individual rollers and supports therefor
    • B65G39/09—Arrangements of bearing or sealing means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G43/00—Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
    • B65G43/08—Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed or discharged
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
    • B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
    • B65G47/682—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor from a single conveyor lane consisting of one conveyor or several adjacent conveyors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2203/00—Indexing code relating to control or detection of the articles or the load carriers during conveying
    • B65G2203/04—Detection means
    • B65G2203/042—Sensors
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/908,326 US7249671B2 (en) 2005-05-06 2005-05-06 Roller-belt conveyor for accumulating and moving articles laterally across the conveyor
US10/908,933 US7344018B2 (en) 2005-05-06 2005-06-01 Conveyor and method for diverting closely spaced articles
PCT/US2006/017114 WO2006121750A1 (en) 2005-05-06 2006-05-03 Conveyor and method for diverting closely spaced articles

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US (1) US7344018B2 (de)
EP (1) EP1877329B1 (de)
JP (1) JP5586846B2 (de)
KR (1) KR101265538B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE419200T1 (de)
AU (1) AU2006244531B2 (de)
BR (1) BRPI0611046B1 (de)
CA (1) CA2609739C (de)
DE (1) DE602006004579D1 (de)
DK (1) DK1877329T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2317551T3 (de)
MX (1) MX2007013807A (de)
PL (1) PL1877329T3 (de)
WO (1) WO2006121750A1 (de)

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CA2609739C (en) 2014-06-17
AU2006244531B2 (en) 2010-09-02
JP5586846B2 (ja) 2014-09-10
ATE419200T1 (de) 2009-01-15
KR20080021641A (ko) 2008-03-07
WO2006121750A1 (en) 2006-11-16
BRPI0611046B1 (pt) 2018-06-26
ES2317551T3 (es) 2009-04-16
JP2008540292A (ja) 2008-11-20
BRPI0611046A2 (pt) 2010-08-10
AU2006244531A1 (en) 2006-11-16
EP1877329B1 (de) 2008-12-31
DK1877329T3 (da) 2009-05-11
KR101265538B1 (ko) 2013-05-21
MX2007013807A (es) 2008-02-05
PL1877329T3 (pl) 2009-06-30
US20060249355A1 (en) 2006-11-09
US7344018B2 (en) 2008-03-18
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