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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:
Oct. 20, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1980
Warren D Neal, Walkersville, MD (US);
Robert N Nicodemus, Jr, Walkersville, MD (US);
Acco Industries Inc., Trumbull, CT (US);
Abstract
A conveyor system including a conveyor which is adapted to move articles past a predetermined area and a diverter device at said area for removing articles from the conveyor. The diverter device includes a ratchet which is shock mounted in order to hold the diverter at the initial position alongside the conveyor and to absorb energy when the parts of the diverter are stopped by the ratchet device. The diverter further includes a linear air cylinder that is mounted by a simple clevis mount and utilizes a crank arm which is offset from the top dead center of the air cylinder when the diverter is in the initial non-diverting position.