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US 12,747,109 B2Granted
Automatic lane adjustment system
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJ. Mark Nunn, Joshua Corneroli, John Paul Laskis
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for adjusting lanes in a conveyor system including a conveyor having opposing outer side walls and a plurality of uprights along the side walls and two or more lane dividers positioned between the side walls. One or more rails are positioned between opposite uprights and a scissor mechanism is positioned along the rails and connected with respect to the lane dividers, the scissor mechanism configured to independently adjust lane width and offset.
Claims18
A conveyor system comprising:
- a conveyor having opposing outer side walls and a plurality of uprights along the side walls;
- two or more lane dividers positioned between the side walls;
- one or more rails positioned between opposite uprights;
- a scissor mechanism positioned along the rails and connected with respect to the lane dividers, the scissor mechanism configured to independently adjust lane width from an offset distance;
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- a plurality of sprockets positioned along the side walls, the plurality of sprockets connected to a chain configured to move the scissor mechanism and/or the offset.
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A conveyor system comprising:
- a conveyor having opposing outer side walls and a plurality of uprights along the side walls;
- two or more lane dividers positioned between the side walls;
- one or more rails positioned between opposite uprights;
- a scissor mechanism positioned along the rails and connected with respect to the lane dividers, the scissor mechanism configured to independently adjust lane width from an offset distance;
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- a width ACME thread and an offset ACME thread positioned between each opposite upright, each dedicated to adjusting the lane width and the offset, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.