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US 10,850,931 B2Granted
Transfer of objects
AssigneeSidel Engineering & Conveying Solutions
InventorAnthony Gehin
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for transferring objects from an accumulation surface to a downstream conveyor, including a first mobile strip, a second mobile strip arranged beyond the first mobile strip from the accumulation surface, a fixed surface arranged between the two mobile strips, and a element for transferring objects from the accumulation surface to the first and second mobile strips, and to the fixed surface. Also disclosed is a transfer method using such transfer device.
Claims18
Device (3) for transfer from an accumulation surface (2) to a downstream conveyor (4), said transfer device comprising:
- a first moving belt (5),
- a second moving belt (7), positioned beyond the first moving belt (5) corning from the accumulation surface (2),
- a stationary surface (6) positioned between the first and second moving belts (5, 7), and
- a transfer apparatus (8) for transferring from the accumulation surface (2) to the first and second moving belts (5, 7), and to the stationary surface (6),
- wherein the downstream conveyor (4) is operable in a direction approximately parallel to the first and second moving belts (5, 7)
- wherein the transfer device (8) is a single tool or separate tools configured to work simultaneously.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.