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Step down product accumulation system

A product, accumulator technology used in conveyor objects, transportation and packaging, conveyors, etc., to solve problems such as product misalignment, interruption of system operation, and overturning

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-06
GARVEY CORP
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This has the obvious disadvantage that the product is misaligned or actually tipped over
Of course, this result leads to further interruption of system operation

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[0024] As shown in FIG. 1 , the product conveying system and accumulation system 1 of the present invention includes a conveyor belt 2 configured to move products from an upstream position or location indicated at 4 to a downstream location or location indicated at 6 .

[0025] The system 1 also includes a conveyor belt 12, which may consist of interlocking segments 13 as known in the art. The conveyor belt 12 includes product path sections 14 and 16 and an accumulator section 18 . All these sections form a single continuous loop conveyor belt completed by section 20 of conveyor belt 12 . Section 20 underlies accumulator section 18 and wraps accumulator section 18 from top to bottom. The direction of travel of the conveyor belts 2 and 12 is depicted by the belt direction arrows shown in FIG. 1 .

[0026] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the product path section 14 lies in a higher, but still parallel, transverse plane than the transverse plane in which the accumulator section 18...

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A step down product conveying and accumulation system employs one or more conveyors with a product path section, on which products are conveyed, and an accumulator section, for accumulation of products for recirculation and eventual delivery to a downstream destination. A length of the product path section is located within a first transverse plane. The accumulator section is located within a second transverse plane, in spaced apart relation with the product path section. A transfer surface in the form of a slide plate, air slide plenum system, or other low resistance or frictionless surface is employed as the transfer medium. Rather than transporting products, which are not properly aligned or which are unstable, for immediate delivery downstream, or for accumulation such that they reach the turbulence point which may cause system disruption, such products are transferred for accumulation by traveling smoothly and efficiently from the product path section downwardly on the transfer surface, onto the accumulator section. From there, the products are recirculated and properly aligned for ultimate, unencumbered downstream delivery.

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Background technique [0001] Product accumulation systems are often used in conjunction with conveyor belts to store and accumulate product that is delivered onto the conveyor belt from an upstream source. In normal operation of such a system, at an upstream location, such as an operating location, a product is placed on a conveyor belt, which then carries the product to a downstream location where the next step in the manufacture or distribution of the product is completed . [0002] During this process, interruptions can often be caused at downstream locations due to machine failures, certain restrictive issues such as product being dumped or misaligned, or other circumstances that prevent the downstream facility from receiving the product. The continued operation of upstream production may lead to the formation of line back-pressure, which will lead to further problems of unrestricted movement of products. However, if such an interruption is one that can be resolved relati...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B65G47/12B65G47/68B65G51/03
CPCB65G51/03B65G47/684
Inventor 文森特·迪比安卡威廉·J·查特顿格里高利·M·鲁布林格
Owner GARVEY CORP
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