Conveyor parcel accumulation chute assembly
AssigneeFives Intralogistics Corp.
InventorsRay William Cecil, Brandon James Leffler, Steven Russell Asbury
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AssigneeFives Intralogistics Corp.
InventorsRay William Cecil, Brandon James Leffler, Steven Russell Asbury
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A conveyor system has conveyors having conveying surfaces arranged for moving and separating side-by-side packages. Nonconforming parcels are urged off the lateral edge of a selected conveyor onto a downward-sloped chute for removal or recirculation. The parcels often accumulate prior to removal from the chute and cause the conveyor system to halt. To maximize the number of parcels that can accumulate in the chute prior to halting the conveyor system, the geometry of a traditional chute can be modified to direct packages to fill the lower comers of the chute instead of forming a single, narrow stack of packages. The improved chute assembly incorporating anti-towering chute geometry utilizes a floor made from a plurality of surfaces that angled at their common edges to direct packages towards the bottom comers of the chute depending upon the packages'geometry and momentum, thereby preventing the “towering” of packages.
A conveyor shoe sorter parcel accumulator chute, comprising:
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