Patent ID: 9714144
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A product conveying and accumulation system, said system comprising: first conveyor means for the movement of products from an upstream destination toward a downstream destination; second conveyor means for receiving products from the first conveyor means, for accumulation and movement of products on and around the second conveyor means and for movement of products toward the downstream destination, said second conveyor means comprising a single, continuous looped path, curvilinear shaped conveyor having first and second accumulator sections located in the same transverse plane, at least one accumulator section of the second conveyor means being in substantial adjacent alignment with at least one section of the first conveyor means; and third conveyor means for receiving products from the second conveyor means, for accumulation and movement of products on the third conveyor means, and for delivery of products to the second conveyor means and toward the downstream destination, the third conveyor means being located between the first and second accumulator sections, said third conveyor means being in the same transverse plane as and adjacently aligned with the first and second accumulator sections solely at two adjacently aligned locations, the second conveyor means and the third conveyor means moving in the same direction at the adjacently aligned locations.