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Patent No.:

US 10988327 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2019

Sortation system and related methods

Applicant:

Span Tech Llc, Glasgow, KY (US);

Inventors:

James L. Layne, Bowling Green, KY (US);

Stephen C. Fye, Glasgow, KY (US);

Scott Dayton Barbour, Glasgow, KY (US);

Aaron M. Cotton, Glasgow, KY (US);

Assignee:

SPAN TECH LLC, Glasgow, KY (US);

Attorney:

King & Schickli, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Mark A Deuble

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/64 (2006.01); B65G 47/51 (2006.01); B65G 47/57 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 47/24 (2006.01); B65G 59/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/647 (2013.01); B65G 47/24 (2013.01); B65G 47/268 (2013.01); B65G 47/5181 (2013.01); B65G 47/57 (2013.01); B65G 59/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A conveyor system for sorting articles being conveyed in a conveying direction. A first conveyor section includes a plurality of inclined conveyors for de-stacking articles. A second conveyor section includes at least one indexing conveyor for spacing a first group of articles from upstream articles. A third conveyor section includes a chicane conveying path for forming the first group of articles into a single row generally aligned with the conveying direction. Related methods are also disclosed.

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