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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2022
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Jeffrey S. Schwai, Walkersville, MD (US);
Joseph F. Kovacs, New Orleans, LA (US);
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Abstract
A conveyor system includes a conveyor belt having a plurality of article-diverting conveyor belt rollers. An underlying drive roller assembly includes a plurality of pivotable rollers carriers, each having a freely rotatable drive roller that contacts the conveyor belt rollers from below. An actuator moves a movable orientation plate along an arc-shaped path to pivot the carriers and change the orientation of the drive rollers. The drive rollers may also move into and out of engagement with the conveyor belt rollers as their orientation changes. The movable orientation plate is sandwiched between upper and lower support plates to adjust the orientation of the drive rollers relative to the belt rollers.