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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Jan-willem Takens, Schagen, NL;
Inventor:
Jan-Willem Takens, Schagen, NL;
Assignee:
Specialty Conveyor B.V., Zwagg, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/51 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/5131 (2013.01); B65G 47/5113 (2013.01);
Abstract
A buffer conveyor for conveying and buffering products, comprising at least a first elongated conveyor (), which can be driven in a first direction, a second elongated conveyor (), which can be driven in a second, opposite direction, and a transfer unit () having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein a transfer element of the transfer unit describes a path between the inlet end and the outlet end which makes at most a small angle with the horizontal and which extends outside the area defined by the adjacent paths of the first and the second conveyor.