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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dorian F Steeber, Anderson, SC (US);
Olivier P Duterte, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
Hartness International, Greenville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198594 ; 198812 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the flow of articles from an upstream delivery station to a downstream receiving station and for temporarily storing the articles on a pair of parallel conveyors with a substantial run of the conveyors being in a vertically extending spiral made up of an incoming conveyor and an outgoing conveyor. A movable transport member is used for transferring the articles from the incoming conveyor and the outgoing conveyor at a rate dependent upon the relative speed of the two conveyors.