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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2003
Martin Albert Heit, Mason, OH (US);
Matthew John Tefend, Mason, OH (US);
Justin Zimmer, Mason, OH (US);
Martin Albert Heit, Mason, OH (US);
Matthew John Tefend, Mason, OH (US);
Justin Zimmer, Mason, OH (US);
Intelligrated, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Abstract
A sortation conveyer has overlapping pusher shoes stealth profile upper surface and a 'cow catcher' edge which reduces interference with mislocated packages. In a tube type sortation conveyer of one aspect of the present invention, the center of the tubes are vertically offset upwards from the center of the chain pins which allows a single pusher cap design to be used with a round tube type and a slat type sortation conveyor. In another aspect of the invention, the pusher cap has a single, common mounting surface which accepts pusher pads of different divert angles.