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US 12,552,616 B2Granted
Apparatus for conveying objects
AssigneeDeutsche Post AG
InventorsViktor Kuznecov, Wolfram Grafe, Saira Pathan
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Abstract
Apparatus for conveying objects, including a first conveying apparatus, wherein the objects are conveyed in a first conveying direction by means of the first conveying apparatus. At least one second conveying apparatus which branches off from the first conveying apparatus and conveys the objects in a second conveying direction. The second conveying direction differs from the first conveying direction, wherein the second conveying apparatus has an orienting apparatus for orienting the objects.
Claims17
An apparatus for conveying objects comprising:
- a first conveying apparatus, wherein the objects are conveyed in a first conveying direction by means of the first conveying apparatus;
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- at least one second conveying apparatus which branches off from the first conveying apparatus and conveys the objects in a second conveying direction, wherein the second conveying direction differs from the first conveying direction,
- wherein the second conveying apparatus has an orienting apparatus for orienting or rotating the objects,
- wherein the orienting apparatus has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion forming a planar conveying surface,
- wherein the first portion and the second portion of the orienting apparatus are arranged next to one another along the second conveying apparatus,
- wherein the first portion is configured to brake the object with a first braking action or to accelerate it with a first acceleration, and/or
- wherein the second portion is configured to brake the object with a second braking action or to accelerate it with a second acceleration,
- wherein the second conveying apparatus is configured as a chute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.