Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable diverter conveyor
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Application No.: US15235883Application Date: 2016-08-12
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Publication No.: US10589953B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Clarence C. Allen, Jr. , Micah C. Sundstrom , Eric H. Crowe , Samantha L. J. Armstrong
- Applicant: A. G. Stacker, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Weyers Cave
- Assignee: A.G. STACKER INC.
- Current Assignee: A.G. STACKER INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Weyers Cave
- Agency: J-Tek Law PLLC
- Agent Jeffrey D. Tekanic; Scott T. Wakeman
- Main IPC: B65H29/16
- IPC: B65H29/16 ; B65H29/18 ; B65H29/50 ; B65H29/60 ; B65H43/00

Abstract:
A conveyor includes a plurality of belt support assemblies each having a drive wheel assembly at one end and an idler wheel assembly at the other end. Each of the drive and idler wheel assemblies includes a motion converter for converting the rotational movement of a shaft into linear motion along the shaft and an actuator for selectively engaging the motion converter and the shaft. A controller controls the operation of the shafts and the actuators to selectively and individually control the location of each end of each belt assembly relative to one another and to a centerline of the conveyor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170043971A1 RECONFIGURABLE DIVERTER CONVEYOR Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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