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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1986
Hendrik Leemkuil, Pickerington, OH (US);
Robert E Slyh, Jr, Mt. Sterling, OH (US);
Versa Corporation, Mount Sterling, OH (US);
Abstract
A diverter assembly is provided for preferential use with a line-shaft powered roller conveyor. The diverter assembly includes a diverter mechanism having a plurality of transfer loops thereon which may be recessed between rollers of the main conveyor or raised thereabove during diversion. The transfer loops are oriented for diversion generally transversely of a path of conveyance of the main conveyor. The diverter mechanism, including the transfer loops, is mounted upon a frame lift portion of the assembly which moves during selected actuation through a vertical, arcuate pathway relative to a line-shaft in the main conveyor. Rotational power for the transfer loops is derived from the line-shaft of the main conveyor. This is achieved by means of a powered drive wheel mounted on the line-shaft and a power transfer wheel mounted in the frame lift portion. As a result of the arcuate motion of the frame lift portion, a distance between the drive wheel and the transfer wheel is maintained constant, during assembly use. Advantages achieved from this include no substantial stretching of belt members and no requirement for a complex, movable idler adjustment mechanism.