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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew L. Fourney, Laurel, MD (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/46 (2006.01); B65G 11/20 (2006.01); B65G 13/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/46 (2013.01); B65G 11/203 (2013.01); B65G 13/10 (2013.01); B65G 47/82 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sorting system having a main sorting conveyor sorting articles to discharge conveyors feeding articles to diverters having freely rotatable, gravity-activated rollers arranged in an inclined plane. The orientations of the rollers are selectably changed to divert articles riding downward along each diverter to different destinations. The main sorting conveyor comprises a roller belt with belt-roller actuators at sorting locations. The belt-roller actuators and the diverters are identical mechanisms.