Patent ID: 7614491
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling a transfer of a unit load, comprising: a first conveyor having a transfer band from which the unit load is transferred at a predetermined orientation; a second conveyor onto which the oriented unit load is to be transferred; and a conveyor belt of the second conveyor, wherein the second conveyor is configured to be partially projected over by the transfer band of the first conveyor and have a transport direction at an angle obtuse with respect to a transport direction of the first conveyor, and wherein a negative pressure acting on an upper side of the conveyor belt of the second conveyor is generated below the transfer band of the first conveyor only in a transfer region onto the second conveyor such that the second conveyor receives the oriented unit load at the predetermined orientation preserved from the first conveyor via the negative pressure acting on an upper side of the conveyor belt of the second conveyor, and wherein the conveyor belt of the second conveyor is arranged at an acute angle with respect and upstream to a cross belt or a tilting tray sorter such that the cross belt or tilting tray sorter receives the oriented unit load at the predetermined orientation preserved from the first conveyor.