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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2009
Mark Costanzo, River Ridge, LA (US);
Eric M. Pressler, New Orleans, LA (US);
Felix H. Lapeyre, Iii, New Orleans, LA (US);
Mark Costanzo, River Ridge, LA (US);
Eric M. Pressler, New Orleans, LA (US);
Felix H. Lapeyre, III, New Orleans, LA (US);
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Abstract
A conveyor having a retractable stop providing a nonsliding contact surface to the leading faces of conveyed articles to prevent damage to the faces of the articles. One version of such a stop has a contact surface defined by the peripheries of rollers that rotate on the accumulated articles as the stop moves from a blocking position accumulating articles on the conveyor to a retracted position releasing accumulated articles to advance downstream along the conveyor.