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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Specialty Conveyor B.v., Zwaag, NL;
SPECIALTY CONVEYOR B.V., Zwaag, NL;
Abstract
An accumulating conveyor comprises a conveyor belt successively follows a first helical track from a lower end thereof in upward direction to a location below an upper end thereof, a first bridge to a location at a second helical track below an upper end thereof, the second helical track in downward direction to a lower end thereof, a first set of auxiliary guides to the upper end of the second helical track, the second helical track in downward direction, a second bridge to the first helical track, the first helical track in upward direction to the upper end thereof, and the second set of auxiliary guides to the lower end of the first helical track. The bridges are synchronously movable along the first and second helical tracks for varying the effective lengths of the conveyor belt.