Right angle transfer conveyor system and a method for transferring articles at a right angle

In an improved combination of a right angle transferring conveyor system for transferring articles at a right angle from a conveyor system of the type having a plurality of carrier rollers rotatably connected to a pair of support members and a conveyor cable drive means mechanically communicating with the conveyor system including a plurality of idle sheaves rotatably connected underneath the corner rollers to a plurality of pressure angle means that are in slidable contact with a plurality of support angles means having an adjustable means between each of the pressure angles means and the support angles means for vertically urging the pressure angle means away from the support angle means, and additionally having a nylon means covered endless cable positioned over the plurality of idle sheaves and engaged to the conveyor cable drive means and including at least two ends that are connected by a connection means, said improvement having the right angle transferring conveyor system comprising:

• a right angle transfer assembly means including a base means;
• a pair of support plate means connected to the base means:
• a plurality of roller means rotatably attached in proximity to the top of each of the support plate means;
• drive sheave means rotatably secured to each of the support plate means at a situs on the same below said roller means;
• a pair of endless belt means, one being trained over and carried by one set of roller means and drive sheave means and the other endless belt means being trained over and carried by the second set of roller means and drive sheave means;
• a drive shaft means interconnected to the two drive sheave means to provide common rotary power for the two drive sheave means when the drive shaft means receives rotary power:
• a first beveled gear means integrally bound to said drive shaft means to aid in transmitting rotary power to the drive shaft means:
• a right angle power sheave means;
• a power sheave shaft means having one end bound to the power sheave means and the other end bound with a secured beveled gear means that meshes with the first beveled gear means of the drive shaft means;
• and means for elevating the right angle transfer assembly means such that initially the top of the roller means carrying the pair of endless belt means rises above the corner rollers of the conveyor system to pick up any articles being carried by the same while simultaneously stopping all linear motion of the picked-up articles and subsequently with continuing elevation the power sheave means pinches the moving nylon means covered endless cable between itself and contiguous carrier rollers in order to extract frictionally power from the moving nylon means covered cable to rotatively drive the power sheave means which in turn indirectly transmits rotary power to the two drive sheave means which frictionally engages the two endless belt means to cause the same to traverse over the respective raised roller means in order to move any articles supported by the elevated endless belt means away from the conveyor system at a right angle.