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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2005
Nobuya Hishinuma, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuya Hishinuma, Yokohama, JP;
Sanki Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sorting conveyor has a cross sorter which can travel smoothly on a semicircular corner part of a traveling path. A large number of transporting unitsare connected and travel on loop shaped transporting route in which an endless belt conveyorprovided at the respective transporting unitsis driven in the direction perpendicular to the traveling direction at a sorting position. A chassis of the transporting unit consists of a beam shaped linkconnectable to the front and rear ends thereof via connecting units, and a basefixed to the center of the upper part of the link. A center guide wheelis suspended from the connecting unitof the end of the linkto come into contact with a guide rail of the transporting route. A traveling wheeland a guide wheelare mounted adjacent to both ends of a baseto come into contact with a guide rail of both sides of the transporting route. The wheelstravel along a circular excursion whose center is a focus point of the transporting route. The connecting unitis assembled in such a manner that spacers are inserted detachably at end part of the link, and the connecting units support a shaft part of the center guide wheelwith a spherical sliding bearing.