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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Uffe Lykkegaard, Århus, DK;
Inventor:
Uffe Lykkegaard, Århus, DK;
Assignee:
Crisplant A/S, Arhus N, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 54/02 (2006.01); H02K 41/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is a sorting system including a conveyor comprising a plurality of carts for carrying articles, such as parcels and baggage. The conveyor has a linear synchronous motor drive system with stators arranged along a track which the carts follow. Reaction elements are mounted on each of the carts and comprise an uneven number of permanent magnets arranged on a carrier plate. The magnets on the reaction elements of adjacent carts are arranged to form a row of magnets with constant pitch and alternating polarity. The row of magnets has an interruption situated at a transition between adjacent carts.