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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
James T Shearer, Jr, Ada, MI (US);
Mannesmann Dematic Rapistan Corp., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A conveyor diverting system having an endless conveying surface and diverting shoes transversely movable across the conveying surface for diverting articles having an upstream and a downstream diverting track where the upstream diverting track is oriented parallel to the downstream diverting track for a portion of its length, and converges with the downstream diverting track along its other portion. The conveyor system further includes a controller which utilizes only the downstream diverting track if the article to be diverted is less than a first predetermined length or greater than a second predetermined length. If the article to be diverted is between the first predetermined length and the second predetermined length, then both diverting tracks are utilized.