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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher J. Gatz, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Mark Costanzo, River Ridge, LA (US);
David Herbert Myers, River Ridge, LA (US);
Sean Edward Stephens, Metairie, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/34 (2006.01); B65G 47/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/34 (2013.01); B65G 47/96 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sorting conveyor comprising a modular conveyor belt having a plurality of carriers along its length. Each carrier comprises an opening through the belt associated with one or more doors movable between a closed position occluding the opening and supporting a load and an open position not occluding the opening to drop the load at a selected drop position.