Conveyor system
AssigneeHouse of Design LLC
InventorShane Christopher 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.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- an object;
- and
- a conveyor system comprising:
- a conveyance support configured to support the object on a top surface of the conveyance support;
- an engagement tool configured to engage a top surface of the object and translate the object along a longitudinal axis of the conveyance support;
- and
- a carriage configured to move the engagement tool into one or more predetermined positions, the carriage comprising a first actuator to move the engagement tool up and down, and a second actuator to move the engagement tool along the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the conveyance support has a width that is less than an inside width of the object.
A system comprising:
- an object;
- and
- a conveyor system comprising:
- a conveyance support configured to support object on a top surface of the conveyance support;
- at least one clamp disposed on the conveyance support along a longitudinal axis of the conveyance support;
- and
- an engagement tool configured to engage a top surface of the object and translate the object along the longitudinal axis of the conveyance support,
- wherein the engagement tool has a width that is less than an inside width of the object.
A method for conveying an object using a conveyor system, the method comprising:
- positioning the object on a top surface of a conveyance support of the conveyance system, the object having a width that is greater than the width of the conveyance support;
- engaging a top surface of the object with an engagement tool configured to engage the object, wherein the engagement tool is coupled to a carriage that comprises a first actuator for moving the carriage up and down, and a second actuator for moving the carriage along a longitudinal axis of the conveyance support;
- and
- translating the object along the longitudinal axis of the conveyance support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.