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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Ocm S.p.a., Mezzano Inferiore, IT;
Inventor:
Giuseppe Alessio, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
Material Handling Systems, Inc., Mt. Washington, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 39/16 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 39/16 (2013.01); B07C 5/36 (2013.01); B65G 2201/04 (2013.01); B65G 2207/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sorting device for packages includes a fifth wheel mounted on a support structure and rotatable around a vertical axis; a conveyor belt mounted on the fifth wheel and able to rotate therewith about the vertical axis; and at least one sliding surface placed below the plane of the conveyor belt, to close the openings which, during the rotation of the fifth wheel and of the conveyor belt around the vertical axis, are created between the sorting device and the conveyor belts adjacent to it.