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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Sentry Equipment & Erectors, Inc., Forest, VA (US);
Timothy A. Woodson, Goode, VA (US);
Gary D. Hunt, Ponce Inlet, FL (US);
David N. Cooley, Port Orange, FL (US);
William M. Connor, Port Orange, FL (US);
John P. Choufani, Port Orange, FL (US);
Mark T. Brogan, Lake Helen, FL (US);
Brian S. Childress, Port Orange, FL (US);
Keith A. Knowles, New Smyrna Beach, FL (US);
Gert B. Gast, Port Orange, FL (US);
SEN-PACK INC., Deland, FL (US);
SENTRY EQUIPMENT & ERECTORS, INC., Forest, VA (US);
Abstract
A method of accumulating products traveling in a conveyor system according to system conditions including: receiving products from an infeed conveyor onto a first conveyor in an accumulator; transferring by a carriage products from the first conveyor to a second conveyor in the accumulator; moving products from the second conveyor to an outfeed conveyor; detecting a density of products moving on the second conveyor; and moving the carriage with along the first and second conveyors if the detected density is above a certain density value.