Patent ID: 8251202
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for distributing goods delivered on one or more feeding conveyor belts onto two or more removal conveyor belts, comprising: one or more feeding conveyor belts; two or more removal conveyor belts, wherein both the one or more feeding conveyor belts and the two or more removal conveyor belts are subdivided into a individual conveyor belts which are arranged in parallel side by side and are each driven jointly; a rotary table which is pivoted on a ring gear meshing with a drive sprocket and which includes an essentially circular contour, the rotary table positioned between the one ore more feeding conveyor belts and the two or more removal conveyor belts, wherein the rotary table further includes parallel individual conveyor belts, allocated to a joint drive, wherein each of the one or more feeding conveyor belts and the two or more removal conveyor belts closely reach up to the individual conveyor belts of the rotary table and are adjusted in their length to the essentially circular contour of the rotary table, wherein the individual conveyor belts of the rotary table are driven via a joint shaft, wherein slack stands of the individual conveyor belts of the rotary table engage underneath the joint shaft and are driven via a countershaft under frictional contact, and wherein the apparatus is configured to operate in a reversible manner.