The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Specialty Conveyor B.v., Zwaag, NL;
Ambaflex International B.v., Zwagg, NL;
Inventor:
Wouter Balk, Baambrugge, NL;
Assignee:
Specialty Conveyor B.V., Zwaag, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 21/18 (2006.01); B65G 15/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/51 (2006.01); B65G 47/57 (2006.01); B65G 47/71 (2006.01); B65G 47/76 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01); B65G 47/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/10 (2013.01); B65G 21/18 (2013.01); B65G 47/5113 (2013.01); B65G 47/57 (2013.01); B65G 47/71 (2013.01); B65G 47/766 (2013.01); B65G 47/82 (2013.01); B65G 2207/24 (2013.01); B65G 47/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyor system for conveying at least one product comprises a spiral first conveyor having a vertically extending central axis. The first conveyor comprises a number of conveying elements extending substantially parallel to each other. Each conveying element comprises at least one supply end for receiving the product and at least one discharge end for discharging the product. The discharge ends of the individual conveying elements are positioned at different vertical levels.