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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Brian C. Weed, Gloucester, MA (US);
Steven D. Weed, Marblehead, MA (US);
Allan D. Weed, Marblehead, MA (US);
Brian C. Weed, Gloucester, MA (US);
Steven D. Weed, Marblehead, MA (US);
Allan D. Weed, Marblehead, MA (US);
BTSystems, LLC, Beverly, MA (US);
Abstract
A bin transporter system is used for moving bins or trays from the exit end of a security checkpoint conveyor to the entrance end of the conveyor. The system includes one or more support stands and a roller assembly attached to the stands. The roller assembly includes an elongate bin guide and roller conveyors attached to the inside of the bin guide. The roller assembly is held in a longitudinally inclined orientation, for gravity-actuated movement of the bin along the bin guide, as facilitated by the roller conveyors. Additionally, when bins are placed in the bin guide against the roller conveyors for movement along the bin guide, the bins lie at a laterally tilted orientation, either generally horizontally or generally vertically. This prevents the bins from falling out the front of the roller assembly, in cases where the bin guide has an open front portion.