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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
J. David Fortenbery, Charlotte, NC (US);
David Patrick Erceg, Concord, NC (US);
Robert Charles Stevens, Charlotte, NC (US);
Robert Harold Lavin, Cornelius, NC (US);
Mantissa Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A package sorting conveyor system. The conveyor system includes: a conveying track; at least one unloading station; and a transition zone funnel upstream of the unloading station to receive the package from the conveying track, the transition zone funnel including a positioner assembly for selectively positioning the outlet of the transition zone funnel between at least a first and a second position. Also, in the preferred embodiment, the present invention includes a secondary downstream chute located downstream from the transition zone funnel for conveying the discharged package to its final destination.