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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
John R. Strong, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lennart Olsson, Nyhamnsläge, SE;
John R. Strong, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lennart Olsson, Nyhamnsläge, SE;
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A buffer conveyor () for conveying conformable work products () includes a collapsible conveyor belt () having an infeed section (), a collapsible intermediate section () and an outfeed section (). The infeed section () may be driven at a non-continuous speed, and the outfeed section may also be driven at a uniform, or non-continuous, speed, but the average speed of both the infeed and outfeed sections is the same. The intermediate section of the conveyor is driven at a non-uniform speed that is slower than, but proportional to, the speed of the infeed section.