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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
James S Miller, Louisville, KY (US);
Frank M Lauyans, Louisville, KY (US);
Edwin T Hilger, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
A-T-O Inc., Willoughby, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414395 ; 198485 ; 198721 ; 198746 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for transferring loads between conveyors or between a conveyor and a load handling cart, support, or other apparatus includes a split conveyor and an extensible load shifting frame disposed within the split. The shifting frame is provided with load engaging dogs which are selectively actuable above the load conveying plane of the split conveyor to shift the load therefrom and onto a conveyor, cart or the like. Frame and dog actuating means are provided as are conveying methods.