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US 5,435,429 AGranted
Conveyor
AssigneeVanderlande Industries Nederland B.V.
InventorJakobus M. Van Den Goor
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AssigneeVanderlande Industries Nederland B.V.
InventorJakobus M. Van Den Goor
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The invention relates to a conveyor provided with a frame and with at least one carrier guided by a guide mechanism, which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor by a driving mechanism. At least some of the carriers support sliding pieces, which can be moved with respect to the carriers in question by a control mechanism, in a direction transversely to the intended direction of movement of the carriers during operation, so as to move objects to be transported with the conveyor during operation. The carriers are guided by a single elongated guide mechanism, while a sliding piece is provided with a receptacle which is open at its bottom side. The sliding piece is movable with respect to a carrier(s), between a first position, in which the receptacle is closed by a closing mechanism connected to a carrier(s), and a second position, in which the receptacle in the sliding piece is located beside the closing mechanism and beside the guide mechanism.
A conveyor provided with a frame and with at least one carrier guided by a guide means, which can be moved in a longitudinal direction of the conveyor by driving means, whereby at least some of the carriers support sliding pieces, which can be moved with respect to said carriers by control means, in a direction transversely to an intended direction of movement of the carriers during operation, so as to move objects to be transported with the conveyor during operation, wherein said carriers are guided by a single elongated guide means, while a sliding piece is provided with a receptacle, which is open at its bottom side, and is movable with respect to said carriers, between a first position, in which the receptacle is closed by a closing means connected to at least one of said carriers, and a second position, in which said receptacle in the sliding piece is located beside the closing means and beside the guide means.
A conveyor provided with a frame and with carriers guided by guide means, which can be moved in a longitudinal direction of the conveyor by driving means, whereby at least some of the carriers support sliding pieces, which can be moved with respect to said carriers by control means, in a direction transversely to an intended direction of movement of the carriers during operation, so as to move objects to be transported with the conveyor during operation, wherein said sliding piece is provided with a receptacle for receiving at least one object, while said sliding piece is movable from a central position in two opposite directions with respect to the carrier, said receptacle comprising interconnecting upstanding wall means which define a space for accommodating said at least one object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.