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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2004
Kenji Umezawa, Osaka, JP;
Shogo Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Asukai, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Umezawa, Osaka, JP;
Shogo Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Asukai, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mail sorting and distributing transfer system, which smoothly conveys mail on a mail sorting line having a compound curve whose line is not in a plane, but is three-dimensional, whereby the mail can be reliably transferred to a conveyor basket and conveying power savings are achieved. The systemreceives mail in a transfer baskethung at an outer circumferential edge of a mail sorting and distributing turn tableand transfers the mail through a transfer portto a conveyor basket, which circulates on a mail sorting line O. The conveyor basketincludes an inner circumferential side carriageand an outer circumferential side carriage, which respectively travel on an inner circumferential side railand an outer circumferential side railof the mail sorting line O while hanging a basket bodyby both sides in a carried state.