Controlled flow gravity conveyor system and method
CA 2124106 C · Owner: Babcock Industries, Inc. · Inventors: Sapp, Gordon K.; Henson, Mark W.
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A gravity conveyor system is disclosed including means for actively stopping the rotation of the conveyor rollers following disengagement with a conveyed article after it passes thereover and in advance of a next succeeding article. This allows each article to accelerate an engaged roller from a rest position so that precise transport control is effected without the use of positive drive mechanisms. Accurate control for throughput and accumulation results from cooperation between brake assemblies associated with each conveyor roller, a sensor assembly and a pneumatic control assembly, each combination of which acts in an operational zone. The rotation of the rollers is preferably stopped as …
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- Filed May 20, 1994 and granted February 10, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 2014.
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