PACKAGE-CULLING CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
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    发明公开
    PACKAGE-CULLING CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD 有权
    资助体系和方法PACKUNGSAUSSORTIERUNG

    公开(公告)号:EP2544978A2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-16

    申请号:EP11708172.9

    申请日:2011-03-04

    申请人: Laitram, LLC

    IPC分类号: B65G47/71 B07C1/10

    摘要: A package -culling conveyor system and a method for culling flat packages from a bulk flow of flat and non-flat packages. The conveyor system includes a tilted conveyor belt (24) conveying flat packages while non-flat packages tumble off its lower side. A high - friction conveying surface or a raised barrier along the length of the conveying surface of the tilted conveyor belt (24) holds flat packages on the tilted belt. The separated packages are more fully culled in a conveyor comprising a roller conveyor belt (36) with belt rollers (38) rotated in a direction to push packages sidewise toward a culling element that extends along the belt's length. Culling elements include powered rollers (55) or vertical walls forming side guards. The culling elements block the non-flat packages from exiting off the side of the belt so that they are conveyed off the end of the belt separate from the flat packages.