Controlled spacing induction from plural lines
CA 1324588 C · Owner: Kohls, James P. · Inventors: Kohls, James P.; Khodor, Ahmad; Doane, Martin R.
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A conveyor system including an induction subassembly for producing a desired spacing between packages as they are discharged from a single induction line or merged from multiple lines. Each induction line includes a conveyor and a speed controller for controlling the running speed of the conveyor in a manner that discharges a package as close as possible to a time necessary to provide a desired gap with a previously-discharged package. A control monitors movement of packages on the conveyor of each line and includes means for determining a speed adjustment that would be required for each speed controller to cause the packages on each of the lines to reach the associated discharge conveyor …
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- Granted November 23, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 23, 2010.
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