Roller belt conveyor
AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC
InventorVincent Sines
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a roller belt conveyor having an array of pivot rollers defining a conveyance surface that supports an article being conveyed in a first conveying direction, at least one drive plate pivotally coupled to at least a subset of the array of pivot rollers, and an actuator coupled to the at least one drive plate, such that, the actuator may manipulate the at least one drive plate to adjust an angular orientation of the at least one subset of the array of pivot rollers from the first conveying direction to a second conveying direction.
Claims20
A roller belt conveyor, comprising:
- an array of pivot rollers defining a conveyance surface that supports an article being conveyed in a first conveying direction;
- at least one drive plate pivotally coupled to at least a subset of the array of pivot rollers;
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- an actuator coupled to the at least one drive plate, wherein the actuator manipulates the at least one drive plate to adjust an angular orientation of the at least one subset of the array of pivot rollers from the first conveying direction to a second conveying direction.
A material handling system, comprising:
- a roller belt conveyor comprising:
- an array of pivot rollers;
- at least one drive plate pivotally coupled to at least a subset of the array of pivot rollers;
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- an actuator coupled to the at least one drive plate, wherein the actuator manipulates the at least one drive plate to adjust an angular orientation of the at least one subset of the array of pivot rollers relative to a conveyance direction of the roller belt conveyor;
- one or more elongated rollers disposed over and in rotatable contact with the array of pivot rollers such that a divert direction of the one or more elongated rollers is perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the roller belt conveyor, wherein adjusting the angular orientation of the at least one subset of the array of pivot rollers drives the one or more elongated rollers in the divert direction.
A roller belt conveyor, comprising:
- a mounting plate having a plurality of openings for receiving a plurality of pivot rollers forming an array of pivot rollers, wherein the array of pivot rollers defines a conveyance surface that supports an article being conveyed in a first conveying direction;
- at least one drive plate pivotally coupled to at least a subset of the array of pivot rollers through one or more pivotable connectors, wherein each of the one or more pivotable connectors includes a first end pivotally coupled to a pivot roller of the array of pivot rollers and a second end coupled to the at least one drive plate;
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- an actuator comprising a cam connector having an elongated slot for receiving an arm of the at least one drive plate, wherein the elongated slot enables a sliding movement of the arm within the slot for manipulating the at least one drive plate to adjust an angular orientation of the at least one subset of the array of pivot rollers from the first conveying direction to a second conveying direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.