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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
James A Goodman, Glencoe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Prototype Equipment Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; B65G / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1984193 ; 198418 ; 1984192 ; 198813 ;
Abstract
A conveyor system that includes a first set of rive belts having a first set of flights that can receive individual products at a given rate per product and quickly advance several individual package positions when the first set of flights are full to a discharge position. The first set of flights can pause for a discharge period that can be longer than individual products reception rate. During the pause period a second set of drive belts locates a second set of flights such that the next product that is delivered to the conveyor system, without interrupting the continuous flow is received by the second set of flights.