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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2018
Intelligrated Headquarters, Llc, Mason, OH (US);
Richmond Emory Best, Mount Airy, MD (US);
INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC, Mason, OH (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments described herein relate to a sortation conveyer system including a cart coupling assembly for coupling two adjacent carts. The cart coupling assembly includes a coupling disc having a control slot, a bearing slot, and one or more arcuately shaped mounting slots. The coupling disc is mounted on a cart such that, upon rotation of the coupling disc, a control slot cavity defined by the control slot slidably moves about a position register screw along the control slot cavity, and a cavity defined by a respective mounting slot slidably moves relative to a respective mounting pin received in the mounting slot. Cavities defined by the control slot facilitate a continual translation of a center of rotation of the coupling disc linearly, to adjust a gap between the two carts. The control slot includes position registers that restrict a sliding movement of the control slot cavity.