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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Dane Briddell, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Matthew L. Fourney, Laurel, MD (US);
Mark Costanzo, River Ridge, LA (US);
Leonard J. Reynolds, Jr., Harahan, LA (US);
Eric Leefe, New Orleans, LA (US);
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Abstract
A destacking conveyor having a conveyor belt with pushers selectively pushing stacked packages transverse to the conveying direction to one side of the conveyor against a vertical wall with a gap between the bottom of the wall and the belt to block the top package of a stack and allow the bottom package to pass through the gap and off the side of the belt to a reject bin. In another version a destacking conveyor uses a force applicator to apply a downward force against the top of a stack to hold the top package while the pushers slide the bottom package from under the top package.