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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
R.a. Pearson Company, Spokane, WA (US);
Michael James Johnson, Spokane, WA (US);
David John Nelson, Spokane, WA (US);
Daniel Vincent Brown, Rosalia, WA (US);
R.A. Pearson Company, Spokane, WA (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable chain guide system is described herein. In one example, movable and stationary pieces of chain guide define a chain path. An actuator moves the movable piece of chain guide between first and second positions with respect to the stationary piece of chain guide. A length of the chain path is not changed when the movable piece of chain guide is moved between the first and second positions. This may be accomplished, for example, if the movable piece includes first and second curved segments, which contact the chain in the first and second positions of the movable piece of chain guide, respectively. In an operational example, a chain traveling the chain path may carry a flight lug, which may engage or not engage cases moving on a conveyor depending on a position of the movable piece of chain guide.
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