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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henri Bonnet, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/746 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/746 ;
Abstract
A single “tilting” tray conveyor is provided which can be tilted to either side of a conveyor axis with the use of a single substantially linear force member lying substantially along the conveyor axis and two selectively detachable side latches which can also act as pivots when not detached. In one embodiment, the linear force member is an air-operated bellows, and the selective detachment is provided by the use of two electromagnets which correspond to two steel rods on either side of the tilting tray.