SINGULATING CONVEYOR WITH DIFFERENT SPEED ZONES IN A HERRINGBONE PATTERN AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230166915A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US17982884

    申请日:2022-11-08

    CPC classification number: B65G13/07 B65G13/071 B65G47/31

    Abstract: A singulating conveyor having a herringbone pattern includes transporting rollers extending from the entry end to the exit end. The rollers are divided into four longitudinal zones, and each longitudinal zone is divided into a pair of side-by-side complementary outside and inside lateral zones. The rollers of each of the eight lateral zones are driven by a separate motor and V-Belt drive system that can be operated at differing speeds. The speed of the transporting rollers in the four longitudinal zones increases successively from the longitudinal zone adjacent the conveyor entry end towards the longitudinal zone having the discharge rollers, and the speed of the rollers of the outside lateral zones operate at higher speeds than the rollers of the adjacent inside lateral zones. Some of the rollers in the outside lateral zones preferably have higher coefficients of friction than the rollers of adjacent inside lateral zones.

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