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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Specialty Conveyor B.v., Zwagg, NL;
Inventors:
Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Oosterblokker, NL;
Wouter Balk, Baambrugge, NL;
Assignee:
SPECIALTY CONVEYOR B.V., Zwaag, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/34 (2006.01); B65G 47/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/51 (2006.01); B65G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/5113 (2013.01); B65G 21/18 (2013.01); B65G 2207/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyor for buffering products includes a first helical conveyor having a first conveyor input and a first conveyor output and a second helical conveyor having a second conveyor input and a second conveyor output. The first conveyor output is coupled to the second conveyor input and the second conveyor output is coupled to the first conveyor input. A loading station and a discharging station are configured to load and discharge products to and from the conveyor. A single conveyor belt follows the helical tracks of the first and second helical conveyors.