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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Michael T Earling, Folsom, NJ (US);
Steve Nowack, Lake Geneva, WI (US);
Michael T Earling, Folsom, NJ (US);
Steve Nowack, Lake Geneva, WI (US);
Garvey Corporation, Blue Anchor, NJ (US);
Abstract
A product conveying and accumulation system utilizes multiple moving conveyors, including a first conveyor which transports product from an upstream location. A second accumulator conveyor, curvilinear in configuration, traveling at substantially the same or similar speed or a designated variable speed as the first conveyor, is aligned in the same plane as, is adjacent to, and may mate with the first conveyor at a predetermined location for contiguous movement in the same direction as the first conveyor at this predetermined location. A third accumulator conveyor is located within the curvilinear conveyor and substantially within the same transverse plane as the first and second conveyors. The presence of this third accumulator component into the conveyor system permits additional products to accumulate and circulate on and then ultimately be discharged from the conveyor system.