Patent ID: 6065482
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: A47L,B08B,B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor comprising:a frame;means for conveying at least one article along a predetermined non-linear path, therein the means for conveying includes a continuous chain belt supported on the frame;means for indiscriminately sensing the presence of said article at a predetermined station along said predetermined non-linear path, and said continuous chain belt being responsive to said sensing means so that said continuous chain belt stops when said article is present at said predetermined station and starts when said article is absent from said predetermined station;means for signaling the presence of said article at said predetermined station in response to said indiscriminate sensing means, wherein said means for conveying further includes a plurality of similar chain links linked end to end and the conveyor including means for holding said article wherein said article holding means is releasably secured to and carried by said chain links; andmeans for sensing the presence of the article holding means at said predetermined station and means for sensing the presence of the article on the article holding means at the predetermined station.