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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Paul B. Svejkovsky, Coppell, TX (US);
Paul A. Svejkovsky, Marquez, TX (US);
Svejkovsky Engineering, Marquez, TX (US);
Abstract
A conveyor system,for transporting goods from upstream equipment to downstream equipment and for temporarily storing goods when the operation of the downstream equipment is temporarily interrupted includes a conveyor tray,and a drive mechanism,cyclically acting on the conveyor tray to move goods along the tray floor,An accumulator ramp,includes an inclined ramp floor,having a lower end mating with the tray floor and secured thereto to cyclically move with the conveyor tray in response to the drive mechanism. According to the method of the invention, goods are moved along the conveyor tray and are pushed up the accumulator ramp when the operation of the downstream equipment is interrupted.