Conveyor system
AssigneeHouse of Design LLC
InventorShane Chistopher Dittrich
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Abstract
A conveyor system for translating objects is disclosed, each object with vertical protrusions extending upward and/or downward from one or more sides of the object. The conveyor system can accommodate structural members such as roof truss members, on which connector plates are affixed and from which the connector plates protrude vertically up, down, or both. The conveyor system may have a slide or some other support for the objects. The slide or other support may be narrow. The slide or other support can be tall, relative to an object. The conveyor system may have an engagement tool driven by an overhead carriage to translate the objects along the slide or other support. The engagement tool may be narrow. The engagement tool can be tall, relative to an object.
Claims21
A conveyor system, comprising:
- a conveyance support configured to support an object positioned on a top surface of the conveyance support;
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- an engagement tool configured to engage a top surface of the object and translate the object along a longitudinal axis of the conveyance support,
- wherein the object has a first protrusion extending from a lateral side of the object in a substantially downward vertical direction below a bottom surface of the object, the first protrusion having a first height dimension defined by an extent of the first protrusion below the bottom surface of the object,
- wherein the object has a second protrusion extending from a lateral side of the object in a substantially upward vertical direction above the top surface of the object, the second protrusion having a second height dimension defined by an extent of the second protrusion above the top surface of the object,
- wherein the object has an inside width dimension defined in a lateral axis, the inside width dimension being exclusive of the first protrusion and the second protrusion,
- wherein the conveyance support has a width less than the inside width dimension of the object and a height greater than the first height dimension of the first protrusion, and
- wherein the engagement tool has a width less than the inside width dimension of the object and a height greater than the second height dimension of the second protrusion.
A conveyor system for facilitating movement of truss members, the system comprising:
- an elongate slide configured to support a structural member positioned on a top surface of the elongate slide;
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- an engagement tool configured to engage a top surface of the structural member and translate the structural member along a longitudinal axis of the elongate slide,
- wherein a connector plate is affixed to a side of the structural member and protrudes in a substantially downward vertical direction below a bottom surface of the structural member when the structural member is supported by the elongate slide,
- wherein the elongate slide has a width less than an inside width dimension of the structural member exclusive of teeth of the connector plate, and
- wherein the elongate slide has a height greater than a height dimension defined by an extent of the connector plate below the bottom surface of the structural member.
A conveyor system for facilitating movement of truss members, the system comprising:
- an elongate slide configured to support a structural member positioned on a top surface of the elongate slide;
- and
- an engagement tool configured to engage a top surface of the structural member and translate the structural member along a longitudinal axis of the elongate slide,
- wherein a connector plate is affixed to a side of the structural member and protrudes in a substantially upward vertical direction above the top surface of the structural member when the structural member is supported by the elongate slide,
- wherein the engagement tool has a width less than an inside width dimension of the structural member exclusive of teeth of the connector plate, and
- wherein the engagement tool has a height greater than a height dimension defined by an extent of the connector plate above the top surface of the structural member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.