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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald M Berk, Easton, PA (US);
Charles E Jacoby, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Larry Reagan, Wind Gap, PA (US);
Assignee:
SI Handling Systems Inc., Easton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61J / ; B61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
104 49 ; 104 50 ; 104166 ; 198472 ;
Abstract
In a driverless vehicle conveyor system wherein a driverless vehicle rides on tracks, two straight sections of the tracks have adjacent ends spaced by a gap. A transfer vehicle is provided in the gap for supporting and transferring driverless vehicles across the gap. The transfer vehicles are mounted for oscillation about an upright axis from a receiving position adjacent one end of the gap to a discharge position adjacent the other end of the gap.