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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2019
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.