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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph T Boone, Greenville, IN (US);
Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Jr, Louisville, KY (US);
Gerald Robert Grispart, Woodbridge, NJ (US);
Edward Ydoate, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Sandvik Sorting Systems, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198448 ; 198443 ; 198786 ;
Abstract
An article removal conveyor includes first and second conveying lanes disposed in parallel alongside one another and driven in a manner imparting mutually divergent conveying forces. The first conveying lane has a conveying surface with a higher coefficient of friction than that of the second conveying lane so that any articles contacting the first conveying lane will be controlled by that lane.