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US 12,753,023 B2Granted
Conveyor, system and process for handling items
AssigneeMechanica Sistemi S.R.L.
InventorsGiorgio Cristoforetti, Luis Kewin Gonzalez Gonzalez, Kavinda Pradeep Herath Herath Mudiyanselage
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Abstract
A conveyor configured including a de-stratifying module having a first sector with an upper surface receiving items and a second sector with an upper surface receiving, wherein the second sector is consecutive to the first sector; a sorter moving items and sorter is consecutively to the de-stratifying module; a converging module moving items and is consecutive to the sorter; a descent connecting the sorter with the converging module.
Claims16
A conveyor configured to handle items comprises at least one de-stratifying module configured to move the items along an advancement trajectory, wherein said de-stratifying module includes:
- at least one first sector having an upper surface configured to receive in support one or more of the items,
- at least one second sector having a respective upper surface configured to receive in support one or more of the items, wherein the second sector is consecutive to the first sector, with respect to a respective advancement trajectory of the second sector,
- at least one sorter configured to move a plurality of the items along a respective advancement trajectory of the sorter, wherein the sorter is placed consecutively to the de-stratifying module, relative to the advancement trajectory of the de-stratifying module,
- at least one converging module configured to move a plurality of the items along an advancement trajectory of the converging module, wherein the converging module is consecutive to the sorter, relative to the advancement trajectory of the sorter, and
- at least one descent connecting the sorter with the converging module, and
- the conveyor further comprise at least one diverging module having at least one input and at least one output, wherein the diverging module is configured to move the items from the input to the output at least along a respective advancement trajectory of the diverging module,
- wherein said diverging module is downstream of the converging module with respect to the advancement trajectory of the items,
- wherein the diverging module has at least one first and at least one second zone side-by-side one to the other, wherein the first zone of the diverging module is configured to impart to the items resting on the same according to an advancement motion having a main component parallel to a main advancement direction and a lateral component, transverse to the main component, which allows said items to be moved away from the second zone,
- wherein the second zone has an abut surface suitable for receiving the items, said second zone being configured to move the items resting on said second zone toward the output, at least along said main advancement direction, and
- wherein the second zone of the diverging module comprises at least one tilted tract at which the abut surface of said second zone is, in cross-section according to a plane orthogonal to the main advancement direction, tilted with respect to a support plane defined by the first zone.
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A conveyor configured to handle items comprising:
- at least one de-stratifying module configured to move a plurality of the items along an advancement trajectory of the de-stratifying module, wherein said de-stratifying module has:
- at least one first sector having an upper surface configured to receive in support of one or more the items,
- at least one second sector having a respective upper surface configured to receiving in support of one or more of the items, wherein the second sector is consecutive to the first sector, with respect to a respective advancement trajectory,
- wherein the upper surface of the second sector is configured to define an ascent path, tilted with respect to the upper surface of the first sector,
- wherein the upper surface of the first sector is configured to define with an item disposed on said upper surface a predetermined friction coefficient lower than a predetermined friction coefficient definable between the same item and the upper surface of the second sector,
- wherein the second sector extends longitudinally between an input and an output,
- wherein the conveyor further comprises at least one roller arranged at the output of the second sector,
- wherein said roller is configured to rotate about an axis transverse to the advancement trajectory imparted by the de-stratifying module, and
- wherein said roller has a rubberized outer surface.
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A conveyor configured to handle items comprises at least one de-stratifying module configured to move a plurality of items along an advancement trajectory,
- wherein the de-stratifying module includes:
- a first sector having an upper surface configured to receive in support the items,
- a second sector having a respective upper surface configured to receive in support the items, wherein the second sector is consecutive to the first sector with respect to a respective advancement trajectory of the second sector,
- a sorter configured to move the items along a respective advancement trajectory of the sorter, wherein the sorter is placed consecutively to the de-stratifying module relative to an advancement trajectory of the de-stratifying module,
- a converging module configured to move the items along an advancement trajectory of the converging module, wherein the converging module is consecutive to the sorter relative to the advancement trajectory of the sorter, and
- a descent connecting the sorter with the converging module,
- wherein the descent comprises a roller having a rotation axis transverse to the advancement trajectory tract of the sorter,
- wherein the roller of the descent is at least partially rubber coated,
- wherein the descent comprises a consecutive tilted plane, and
- wherein the roller of the descent is configured to define with an item resting on said roller a friction coefficient greater than a friction coefficient definable by the same item placed on the tilted plane of the descent.
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A conveyor configured to handle items comprises at least one de-stratifying module configured to move items along an advancement trajectory,
- wherein said de-stratifying module includes:
- a first sector having an upper surface configured to receive in support the items,
- a second sector having a respective upper surface configured to receive in support the items, wherein the second sector is consecutive to the first sector, with respect to a respective advancement trajectory of the second sector,
- a sorter configured to move the items along a respective advancement trajectory of the sorter, wherein the sorter is placed consecutively to the de-stratifying module relative to an advancement trajectory of the de-stratifying module,
- a converging module configured to move the items along an advancement trajectory of the converging module, wherein the converging module is consecutive to the sorter relative to the advancement trajectory of the sorter, and
- a descent connecting the sorter with the converging module,
- wherein the conveyor further comprises a roller arranged at an output of the second sector, wherein the roller is configured to rotate about an axis transverse to the advancement trajectory of the de-stratifying module, and
- wherein the roller has a rubberized outer surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.