POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT SORTER

A positive displacement sorter includes a plurality of interconnected parallel slats defining an endless web that travels in a longitudinal direction. The web has upper and lower runs and transition sections between the runs. An upper surface of the upper run of the web defining an article-conveying...

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Hauptverfasser:	RAMANKUTTY, MOHAN A, SAYERS, DAVID D, KOOISTRA, KENNETH J, TRIESENBERG, THOMAS H, BUTLER, FLOYD W, EHLERT, RONALD C, SCHUITEMA, DENNIS J, KREYS, PAUL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	CONVEYING HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A positive displacement sorter includes a plurality of interconnected parallel slats defining an endless web that travels in a longitudinal direction. The web has upper and lower runs and transition sections between the runs. An upper surface of the upper run of the web defining an article-conveying surface. A plurality of pusher shoes travels along the slats in order to divert articles on the conveying surface. Each shoe has a diverting member extending below the conveying surface. A plurality of diverting rails below the conveying surface may engage the diverting member to cause the associated shoe to travel to divert an article. A plurality of diverters diverts a diverting member from a non-diverting path extending longitudinally along the sorter to one of the diverting rails in a diverting state. A propulsion system propels the web and includes at least one drive assembly engaging a surface of a run.