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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wesley R Maxted, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Bernard H Woltjer, Jenison, MI (US);
Assignee:
Rapistan, Incorporated, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198365 ; 193 36 ; 198436 ; 198782 ; 198367 ; 1981 / ;
Abstract
A diverter for use in high speed transferring of selected articles moving along a conveyor onto an intersecting conveyor includes first and second rows of independently driven powered wheels and selectively movable mounting means for the two rows such that they can be moved between a first position where no diverting takes place and a second operative position in which the wheels of the first or upstream row are skewed at a first angle and positioned at a first vertical position above the conveyor surface and the wheels of the second row are skewed at a greater angle and are above the first row.