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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Robert C. Beesley, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/31 (2006.01); B65G 43/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/42 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/31 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 43/10 (2013.01); B65G 47/42 (2013.01); B65G 47/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and a method for transferring articles between an infeed conveyor at a first speed and an outfeed conveyor at a second speed different than the first speed include use of at least a first variable speed conveyor downstream of the infeed conveyor, and a second variable speed conveyor downstream of the first variable speed conveyor and upstream of the outfeed conveyor. The speeds of the variable speed conveyors are cycled between the first speed and the second speed without any article being conveyed by conveyors at different speeds. At least one additional variable speed conveyor may be included.