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US 12,459,755 B2Granted
Flexible gap filler
AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC
InventorsRodrigo Valencia Quezada, Jaime Enrique Legarreta Seyffert, Frida Daniela García de Hoyos, Pedro Morales Delgadillo, Aide Fernanda Flores Fernandez
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Abstract
A gap filler is provided. The gap filler can include a sheet having a sheet first end and a sheet second end. The gap filler can include a first frame coupled to the sheet first end. The gap filler can include a second frame coupled to the sheet second end. The sheet can be configured to be compressed between the first frame and the second frame such that the first frame extends in a direction angled away from the second frame.
Claims20
A gap filler comprising:
- a sheet having a sheet first end and a sheet second end, wherein the sheet first end and the sheet second end are on opposing ends of the sheet;
- a first frame configured to be coupled between the sheet first end and a chute;
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- a second frame configured to be coupled between the sheet second end and at least one conveyor, wherein the chute is set at an angle away from the at least one conveyor,
- wherein the sheet is shaped into a fan-like formation when the first frame is extended in a direction angled away from the second frame.
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An assembly, comprising:
- two conveyors;
- a chute extending between the two conveyors, wherein the chute may be angled away from at least one of the two conveyors;
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- a gap filler configured to fill a gap between the chute and the at least one of the two conveyors, comprising:
- a sheet having a sheet first end and a sheet second end, wherein the sheet first end and the sheet second end are on opposing ends of the sheet;
- a first frame configured to be coupled between the sheet first end and the chute;
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- a second frame configured to be coupled between the sheet second end and the at least one of the two conveyor, wherein the chute is set at an angle away from the at least one of the two conveyor,
- wherein the sheet is shaped into a fan-like formation when the first frame extends in a direction angled away from the second frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.