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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2002
Hans Lem, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
William Pong, Concord, MA (US);
Quantum Conveyor Systems, LLC, Northvale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A conveyor system ( ) for transporting items in a first direction and diverting the items to the appropriate ones of a plurality of stations ( ) spaced from one another in the first direction. The system includes at least one diverter region (DR) and a diverter ( ) arranged in each diverter region. Each diverter diverts items transported by the conveyor to the appropriate ones of the stations in response to corresponding fire signals. The conveyor system further includes a source of destination information ( ) identifying the stations to which the items transported by the conveyor are to be diverted. The conveyor system also includes a controller system ( ) connected to each diverter and the source for generating, and providing to each diverter, the fire signal for each item transported by the conveyor based on destination information from the source regarding to which one of the stations the item is to be diverted.