Cross-belt sorter
AssigneeCrisplant A/S
InventorRalph Kofoed
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Abstract
A conveyor comprises an endless loop of linked wheeled chassis members running in a guide track. The chassis members are T-shaped with the wheels of each member being attached to the ends of the cross-member of the T. A carrier is releasably attached to each of the chassis members and electrical power is generated by a hub-mounted generator attached to at least one of the wheels of each chassis member. The carriers are preferably in the form of cross-belt units driven by a.c. motors on the carriers whereby items placed on the units can be discharged transversely of the direction of movement of the conveyor.
Claims8
A conveyor comprising a plurality of wheeled chassis members linked together to form an endless loop, which chassis members have releasably attached to them carriers for discharging objects placed on the carriers in directions transverse to the direction of movement of the endless loop, wherein at least one of the wheels of each of a plurality of said linked wheeled chassis members is provided with an electric generator for providing electrical power as the wheel rotates in use, and wherein the chassis members are in the form of T-shaped members with wheels on the extremities of the cross-member of the T and the end of the T of one chassis member being connected to the cross-member of the adjacent chassis member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.