Installation for destination adjustment of destination identification marks for receptacles

A code-setting system for a conveyor wherein a destination or function code is applied to a traveling unit of the conveyor upon movement of the traveling unit past a code-setting station, said system comprising:

• at least one coded member shiftable in the direction of travel of said unit and provided on a side thereof facing said station, said at least one coded member being selectively positionable in one of a number of preselected positions along said unit;
• a retractable code-setting member at said station aligned with said at least one coded member in said direction in an extended position whereby said code-setting member can engage said at least one coded member to dispose the same at a preselected position on said unit whereby said unit moves past the code-setting member while said code-setting member is extended to selectively position said at least one coded member;
• position detecting means at said station and on said unit for signaling each of a plurality of relative positions between said unit and said station as said unit passes said station;
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• means responsive to said position detecting means for actuating said code setting member to retract the code setting member upon positioning of said at least one coded member in said one preselected position along said unit corresponding to the respective detected relative positions of said unit to said station.

A code-setting system for a conveyor wherein a destination or function code is applied to a traveling unit of the conveyor upon movement of the traveling unit past a code-setting station, said system comprising:

• a plurality of coded members shiftable in the direction of travel of said unit and provided on a side thereof facing said station, said coded members being each selectively positionable in one of a number of preselected positions along said unit in said direction;
• at least one retractable code-setting member at said station aligned with said coded members in said direction in an extended position of said code-setting member whereby said code-setting member can engage at least one of said coded members to dispose the same at a selected position, only a single code-setting member being disposed in an alignment with each coded member in said direction whereby each coded member moves past the respective code-setting member while the same is extended to selectively position the code member;
• position-detecting means at said station and on said unit for signaling each of a plurality of relative positions between said vehicle and said unit as said vehicle passes said unit;
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• means responsive to said position-detecting means for actuating said code-setting member to retract the same upon displacement of each coded member into a selected position corresponding to the respective detected relative position of said unit to said station.

A code-setting system for a conveyor wherein a destination or function code is applied to a traveling unit of the conveyor upon movement of the traveling unit past a code-setting station, said system comprising:

• a plurality of coded members shiftable in the direction of travel of said unit and provided on a side thereof facing said station, said coded members being each selectively positionable in one of a number of preselected positions along said unit in said direction;
• at least one retractable code-setting member at said station aligned with said coded members in said direction in an extended position of said code-setting member whereby said code-setting member can engage at least one of said coded members to dispose the same at a selected position, only a single code-setting member being disposed in an alignment with each coded member in said direction;
• position-detecting means at said station and on said unit for signaling the instantaneous position of said vehicle relative to said unit;
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• means responsive to said position-detecting means for actuating said code-setting member to retract the same upon displacement of each coded member into a selected position corresponding to the respective detected instantaneous position of said unit relative to said station, said position-detecting means including a position-indicating element on said unit and a position-detecting element on said station juxtaposed with said position-indicating element, at least one of said elements having a plurality of spaced-apart members cooperating with the other element to signal the position of said unit relative to said station.