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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1977
Archie S Moore, Kansas City, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A device for transferring articles from one conveyor onto a second conveyor or a discharge station which comprises a field of single wheels that support the articles during the transfer thereof, each of the wheels being tilted and drivable, and steerable in a horizontal plane. The wheels can be adapted for steering through any desired angular range, i.e., 90.degree., less than 90.degree., or up to and including 360.degree., or greater. Accordingly, articles received on the present tranfer station from an incoming conveyor can be discharged therefrom at a right, acute or obtuse angle, in either a curved or straight path, and a control feature can be included with the transfer station whereby horizontal alignment of an article on its vertical axis can be maintained or altered according to preference.