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US 4,147,252 AGranted
Conveyor with pusher fingers
AssigneeLicentia Patent-Verwaltungs-G.m.b.H.
InventorGisbert Burkhardt
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Abstract
A conveyor for transporting substantially flat articles, such as mail, along a trough by pusher fingers. The pusher fingers are individually mounted to carriers which are connected to pulling mechanism and guided by guide rails. The present conveyor design causes reduced operational noise and need for maintenance.
Claims5
A conveyor for substantially flat articles comprising a trough defining a conveying path for the articles;
- carriers having first and second members;
- pusher fingers individually mounted in and extending from said carriers and capable of being in contact with the articles;
- a pulling means to which said carriers are firmly connected at spaced intervals for moving said carriers along the conveying path;
- a first guide rail having a slide surface disposed in guiding relation to one member of said carriers;
- a second guide rail having a slide surface disposed in guiding relation to a second member of said carriers, said slide surfaces being mutually parallel and facing each other;
- and two endless belts each associated with said slide surface of a respective one of said guide rails to coact with a respective one of said members, said belts being guided by rollers located at each end of said guide rails and moving in the same direction as said pulling means for effecting wear-resistant and quiet guidance of said carriers and of said pulling means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.