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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:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2002
Uffe Edslev-Christensen, Silkeborg, DK;
Crisplant A/S, Arhus N, DK;
Abstract
A conveyor system for sorting articles to a plurality of receiving means is disclosed, in which cross-over means are arranged for shifting articles from a first conveyor, along which at least two induction stations and at least two discharge stations are arranged alternately, and to a second conveyor so as to short-cut the conveying path of articles that have been loaded onto the first conveyor at a first induction station and having the second discharge station as destination. Thereby, the conveying capacity of the first conveyor occupied by said articles is released as the articles do not pass the intermediate induction stations at which articles may be loaded onto the de occupied parts of the first conveyor and the sorting capacity of the conveyor system is increased. In particular, the system comprises two parallel conveyors and cross-over means for shifting articles between the two conveyors arranged so that the two conveyors function as short-cuts for each other.
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