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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Dorian F. Steeber, Fort Gibson, OK (US);
Dorian F. Steeber, Fort Gibson, OK (US);
Barry-Wehmiller Container Systems, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A conveyor accumulator is configured to buffer a stream of articles moving along a conveyor path. The conveyor accumulator comprises an in-feed accumulator for diverting a flow of articles from an upstream source to various downstream output locations. The conveyor accumulator also comprises a mass storage accumulator connected downstream of and to the in-feed accumulator. The mass storage accumulator has a plurality of lanes. The conveyor accumulator further comprises an out-feed accumulator connected downstream of and to the mass storage accumulator for diverting the flow of articles from various upstream sources to a downstream output location.
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