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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2011
Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Oosterblokker, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Oosterblokker, NL;
Specialty Conveyor B.V., Zwagg, NL;
Abstract
A transfer conveyor for transferring articles from a first conveyor to a second conveyor comprises an input for receiving articles from the first conveyor and an output for transporting articles to the second conveyor, a first contact member and a second contact member having first and second contact surfaces, respectively, extending upwardly and facing each other for clamping articles between said contact surfaces when travelling from the input to the output and a curved transport path between the input and the output, and a counter member for holding up an article and/or at least one of the first and second contact members in vertical direction when an article is clamped by the contact members. At least one of the first contact member, the second contact member and the counter member is drivable for transporting articles from the input to the output.