Conveyor device for conveying flat articles on edge, and a postal sorting machine
AssigneeSolystic
InventorsDamien Berliet, Olivier De Sousa, Arnaud Caron
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Abstract
A conveyor device for conveying flat articles on edge, for example as part of a postal sorting machine, includes a back belt and a front belt that define a first nip zone for conveying the flat articles along a first path, a conveying strip provided with a first slide plate supporting the flat articles and mounted to move between a working position in which it is situated adjacent to the first nip zone, the first slide plate being aligned with the nip zone, and a retracted position, in which it is remote from the first nip zone, the slide plate being taken out of alignment with the first nip zone for the purpose of allowing access to the first nip zone.
Claims10
A conveyor device for conveying flat articles on edge, comprising:
- at least one back belt and at least one front belt that define a first nip zone for conveying said flat articles along a first path,
- at least one conveying strip provided with a first slide plate serving to support said flat articles being conveyed along said first path,
- wherein said conveying strip is mounted to move between a working position in which it is situated close to said first nip zone, said first slide plate being substantially aligned with said first nip zone, and a retracted position, in which it is remote from said first nip zone, said slide plate being taken out of alignment with said first nip zone so as to allow access to said first nip zone, and wherein said conveyor device has at least one actuation axis embodied by a rod arranged to guide said conveying strip along and about a sliding pivot coupling between its working and retracted positions.
A postal sorting machine, said postal sorting machine comprising:
- at least one conveyor device for conveying flat articles on edge, including:
- at least one back belt and at least one front belt that define a first nip zone for conveying said flat articles along a first path,
- at least one conveying strip provided with a first slide plate serving to support said flat articles being conveyed along said first path,
- wherein said conveying strip is mounted to move between a working position in which it is situated close to said first nip zone, said first slide plate being substantially aligned with said first nip zone, and a retracted position, in which it is remote from said first nip zone, said slide plate being taken out of alignment with said first nip zone so as to allow access to said first nip zone , and wherein said conveyor device has at least one actuation axis embodied by a rod arranged to guide said conveying strip along and about a sliding pivot coupling between its working and retracted positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.