Patent ID: 9745143
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A diverting conveyor having a conveying surface for selectively diverting articles from a first direction to a second direction different from the first direction, the diverting conveyor comprising: an actuator attached to the diverting conveyor; an array of transmissions each having a first housing attached to the diverting conveyor and a second housing rotatable around the first housing about an axis perpendicular to the conveying surface, each second housing having a timing belt pulley and an output roller attached to the second housing to rotate around the first axis therewith, each output roller rotatably attached to the second housing to rotate about a second axis parallel to the conveying surface and power driven to convey articles in a driven direction; a toothed timing belt attached to the actuator and having teeth in operable engagement with each timing belt pulley to interconnect each second housing to the timing belt and to the actuator for simultaneous rotation in response to actuation of the actuator; and an adjustor adjustably securing the timing belt pulley to the second housing, wherein when the array of transmissions are rotated with the actuator to position the output rollers to drive articles in the first direction and one of the output rollers has a driven direction different from the first direction, the adjustor of the one of the output rollers having a driven direction different from the first direction is adjustable to redirect the output roller to the first direction.