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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert C. Beesley, Greenville, SC (US);
Mark Nunn, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 47/51 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); B65G 15/12 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 47/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/261 (2013.01); B65G 15/12 (2013.01); B65G 47/1492 (2013.01); B65G 47/5131 (2013.01); B65G 47/682 (2013.01); B65G 47/31 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for accumulating articles within a system may include a frame, a mass-flow infeed conveyor supported by the frame for receiving articles from the system, and a mass-flow outfeed conveyor supported by the frame for receiving articles from the infeed conveyor and returning the articles to the system. A single-filing device is supported by the frame and includes a plurality of parallel endless loop conveyors. The endless loop conveyors each have an upstream end located laterally from and between upstream and downstream ends of the infeed conveyor.