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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 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 4/710 ; B65G 4/746 ; B65G 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/710 ; B65G 4/746 ; B65G 3/700 ;
Abstract
A conveyor sortation station including a plurality of inclined splined rollers which form a slider bed. The plurality of splined rollers are aligned with coparallel axes and allow a parcel or other article to slide downwardly thereon under the influence of gravity to a center discharge destination. If desired, the splined rollers may be commonly rotated in either rotational direction to allow for discharge to side discharge locations on either side of the central discharge location.