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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2016
Pemco Inc., Sheboygan, WI (US);
Thomas Ullmer, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Terry Lee Eernissee, Cedar Grove, WI (US);
Eric Edward Walker, Campbellsport, WI (US);
PEMCO INC., Sheboygan, WA (US);
Abstract
A conveyor system comprising a synchronization unit having a first conveyor belt, a second conveyor belt disposed adjacent to the first conveyor belt, an inlet end and an outlet end. The system further comprises a joint shuttle disposed between the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt, each of the first and second conveyor belts having a variable length while the distance between the inlet end and the outlet end is fixed. A discharge conveyor belt is disposed upstream the inlet end and is operating at a first velocity (V). At a time T, the velocity of the first conveyor belt (VT) is equal to the velocity of the discharge conveyor belt (V) and, at a time T, the velocity of the first conveyor belt (VT) is equal to the velocity of the second conveyor belt (V), without relative movement between the conveyor belts and objects conveyed thereon.