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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2018
Khs Usa, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Donald Scott Peebles, Bradenton, FL (US);
Roger Calabrese, Bradenton, FL (US);
Oliver Watmough, Sarasota, FL (US);
KHS USA, INC., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor system comprises a track extending along a conveying path, and one or more carriages having a mounting section slidably engaging the track, with a vacuum connection being formed in the mounting section. A driving mechanism moves the carriages along the conveying path. A plurality of vacuum valves connected to the track along the conveying path, and a vacuum source is connected to the plurality of vacuum valves to supply vacuum thereto. The conveyor system is configured to selectively supply vacuum to the vacuum connection of the least one carriage via the plurality of vacuum valves based on a proximity of the at least one carriage thereto.