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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1980
Charles W Saur, Sparta, MI (US);
Lear Siegler, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
An accumulator has a driven belt which is so supported that it either propels the articles by contact with them or by driving rollers on which the articles are supported. In either case, rotatable supports are provided beneath the belt. Several of these supports constitute a group over which a secondary or satellite belt is trained. The secondary belt contacts the lower face of the driven belt, supporting and spacing it above the rotatable supports. Each support has at least two portions of different diameters with a ramp between. Control means shifts the secondary belt between the portions and in so doing moves the driven belt vertically between a raised article drive position and a lowered article release position.