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AssigneeBell & Howell Company
InventorsNeal J. Middelberg, Craig S. Adcock, Taner Lee Howard, Mark Gerard Paul, Richard Johnson
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An overhead reverse diverter for diverting cartons passing under the diverter along a primary transport path, the diverter including a diverter frame arranged over a space through which the cartons move along the primary transport path, a divert belt, and one or more divert paddles attached to the divert belt. The divert belt may be movable along a movement profile when the diverter is triggered to divert one or more of the cartons from the primary transport path, such that the one or more divert paddles are configured to sweep through the space through which the cartons pass as the divert belt moves along the movement profile to divert one or more of the cartons from the primary transport path along one or more divert paths.
An overhead reverse diverter for diverting cartons passing under the diverter along a primary transport path, the diverter comprising:
A method of diverting cartons from a primary transport path using an overhead reverse diverter, the method comprising:
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