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US 11,554,919 B2Granted
Lift gate apparatus
AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC
InventorsChristopher Quaglia, Todd Green
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Abstract
A lift gate apparatus includes a movable conveyor device and a bracket. The movable conveyor device is configured to transition between a conveying position and a non-conveying position. The bracket configured to bridge a gap between the movable convey or device and a fixed conveyor device, wherein the bracket pivots and slides over the fixed conveyor device when the movable conveyor device is transitioned from the conveying position to the non-conveying position.
Claims20
A lift gate apparatus comprising:
- a movable conveyor device configured to transition between a conveying position and a non-conveying position;
- and
- a bracket comprising at least one roller, the bracket configured to bridge a gap between the movable conveyor device and a fixed conveyor device, wherein the bracket pivots and slides over the fixed conveyor device when the movable conveyor device is transitioned from the conveying position to the non-conveying position.
A conveyor system comprising:
- a plurality of conveyor devices;
- and
- a lift gate apparatus comprising:
- a first conveyor device configured to be raised from a first position to a second position and lowered back from the second position to the first position;
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- a bracket that comprises at least one roller, the bracket attached to the first conveyor device, wherein the bracket is configured to pivot and slide over a second conveyor device of the plurality of conveyor devices when the first conveyor device is raised from the first position to the second position.
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A method for operating a lift gate apparatus comprising:
- lifting a movable conveyor device to transition between a conveying position and a non-conveying position relative to a fixed conveyor device;
- sliding a bracket over the fixed conveyor device when the movable conveyor device is transitioned from the conveying position to the non-conveying position, wherein the bracket comprises at least one roller;
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- retracting the bracket from the fixed conveyor device when the movable conveyor device is transitioned from the non-conveying position to the conveying position such that the bracket bridges a gap between the movable conveyor device and the fixed conveyor device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.