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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Roger A. Jacques, Rochester, NH (US);
Moore North America, Inc., Grand Island, NY (US);
Abstract
A multi-direction transfer conveyor for off-loading a stack of paper from a first work station or conveyor, rotating the stack 90 degrees left or right and aligning the stack with a second conveyor, for example. Guide components which may be ball casters are provided on a bottom surface of the transfer conveyor cart to move within U-shaped channels that together form an L-shaped or U-shaped track. Drive wheels actuate the transfer conveyor to move along and/or relative to the shaped track. By suitable motor control and/or suitably placed or actuated stops and guide structures, travel of the guide components down the shaped track is controlled to cause the cart to rotate and align with the respective conveyors.