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US 2004/0163930 A1Published application
Crossover conveyor apparatus
AssigneeWestern Pneumatics, Inc.
InventorLionel John Work
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Abstract
A crossover device for a finger jointer includes a chain having teeth to grip the end of a workpiece and move it perpendicular to a main conveyor direction. A main conveyor and a crossover conveyor may be driven by the same drive mechanism.
Claims15
A conveyor system for processing opposite ends of a work piece comprising
- a main conveyor for carrying a series of work pieces in a first direction,
- a crossover conveyor oriented diagonally relative to the main conveyor, the crossover conveyor being configured to push work pieces in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the crossover conveyor includes teeth structures for gripping an end of a work piece.
A conveyor system for processing opposite ends of a work piece comprising
- a main conveyor for carrying a series of work pieces in a first direction,
- a crossover conveyor oriented diagonally relative to the main conveyor, the crossover conveyor being configured to push work pieces in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
- a drive mechanism including a motor, main conveyor and the crossover conveyor being driven by the same motor, so the relative speeds of the two conveyors are continuously coordinated.
A conveyor system for processing opposite ends of a work piece comprising
- a main conveyor for carrying a series of work pieces in a first direction,
- a crossover conveyor oriented diagonally relative to the main conveyor, the crossover conveyor being configured to push work pieces in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
- a speed control mechanism that automatically maintains a desired speed ratio of the main conveyor and the crossover conveyor as the speeds of both conveyors vary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.