The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 21, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roy Akers, Johnson County, KS (US);
Assignee:
Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271272 ; 271198 ; 271277 ;
Abstract
A double belt conveyor for a high speed mail sorting machine. The belts are arranged with confronting surfaces thereof spaced apart in vertical planes to convey mail articles in a vertical orientation. The belts have flexible fingers which deform to accommodate mail articles of varying thickness between the belts.