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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
Jakobus Marie van den Goor, Nuenen, NL;
Vanderlande Industries Nederland B.V., Veghel, NL;
Abstract
A conveyor including a drivable endless conveying device having a plurality of carriers extending parallel to each other and transversely to an intended direction of movement of the derivable endless conveying device, a pusher device provided on at least one of the plurality of carriers and configured to move along the at least one of the plurality of carriers, a guide device connected to the pusher device, two guide rails extending to the intended direction of movement of the plurality of carriers and intersecting at an intersection point, the two guide rails forming passages for the guide device, and a switch device provided at the intersection point and including a switch plate, a plurality of guide cams each having a guide surface, and a closing device positioned and configured to make rectilinear movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the conveyor and alternately close the passages by cooperation of the guide device and the guide surface.