Patent ID: 11958697
Assignee: DEMATIC CORP.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. The sorter of claim 12, wherein each of said clip comprises:
a unitary body having an upper portion configured to bias a portion of one of the pusher shoes away from an adjacent surface of a corresponding one of the slats, and a lower portion configured to releasably couple said clip to one of the pusher shoes proximate a surface of the pusher shoe that is adjacent to the corresponding slat;
said upper portion comprising a spring element configured to contact the surface of the slat adjacent to the pusher shoe to continuously and automatically bias the surface of the pusher shoe away from the adjacent surface of the slat; and
said lower portion comprising a set of opposing grips that cooperate to retain said clip within a receiver hole formed through the surface of the pusher shoe adjacent the slat, wherein said set of opposing grips are selectively releasable from the receiver hole for removing said clip from the pusher shoe.