Article conveyor system
AssigneeAvtec Industries, Inc.
InventorsBruce Zimmerman, George Campise, Jr., Charles Styles, David Rudzinski
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Abstract
An article conveying system including a conveyor belt having a plurality of slats movable along a slider bed. A nozzle system directs a water and detergent flush along the water bed beneath the conveyor belt to remove debris. A water tank and scrap basket collect and remove the debris and direct water to a drain. The slats have lower feet which engage a pair of plastic tracks and are removable for cleaning. The system is also provided with an anti-jam device.
Claims8
A conveyor system for conveying articles of varying sizes comprising
- endless belt means movable between first and second positions respectively along an upper conveyor path for carrying the articles of various configurations and a lower return path,
- said second position being located adjacent the transition between said upper conveyor path and said lower return path,
- drive means for moving said endless belt,
- detection means mounted adjacent said second position at a position beyond said upper conveyor path,
- said detection means being coupled to said drive means and being responsive to articles smaller than a predetermined size to terminate movement of said endless belt drive for preventing jams at said second position,
- said detection means includes a unitary detection element extending substantially the width of the conveyor path and said detection element being mounted for movement upon contact with an article of predetermined size.
A conveyor system comprising
- endless belt means movable between first and second positions respectively along an upper conveyor path and a lower return path,
- said second position being located adjacent the transition between said upper conveyor path and said lower return path,
- drive means for moving said endless belt,
- detection means mounted adjacent said second position beyond said conveyor path,
- said detection means being coupled to said drive means and being responsive to articles smaller than a predetermined size to terminate movement of said endless belt drive for preventing jams at said second position,
- said detection means includes a detection element mounted for movement upon contact with an article of predetermined size,
- wherein said detection element includes a magnet for engaging metallic elements.
A conveyor system comprising
- endless belt means movable between first and second positions respectively along an upper conveyor path and a lower return path,
- said second position being located adjacent the transition between said upper conveyor path and said lower return path,
- drive means for moving said endless belt,
- detection means mounted adjacent said second position beyond said conveyor path,
- said detection means being coupled to said drive means and being responsive to articles smaller than a predetermined size to terminate movement of said endless belt drive for preventing jams at said second position,
- said detection means includes a detection element mounted for movement upon contact with an article of predetermined size,
- said detection means having means for retaining an article smaller than predetermined size from dropping downward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.