Patent ID: 6095347
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor and picking tray assembly comprising,an elongated conveyor frame having a rear end and a front end,at least one elongated conveyor having a rear end, a front end and first and second sides and a longitudinal axis,first means vertically adjustably mounting the rear end of said conveyor on the rear end of said conveyor frame,second means vertically adjustably mounting the front end of said conveyor on the front end of said conveyor frame at a level beneath the rear end of said conveyor so that said conveyor slopes downwardly from the rear end of the conveyor to the front end of the conveyor,a picking tray frame,third means connecting said picking tray frame to the front end of said conveyor frame, said picking tray frame having a first side adjacent the first side of said conveyor and a second side adjacent the second side of said conveyor,a picking tray having a rear end adjacent to the front end of said conveyor, a front end and first and second sides,fourth means vertically adjustably mounting the first side of said picking tray on the first side of said picking tray frame, andfifth means vertically adjustably mounting the second side of said picking tray on the second side of said picking tray frame at a level beneath the first side of said picking tray so that said picking tray slopes downwardly from the first side said picking tray to the second side of said picking tray in a direction transversely of the longitudinal axis of said conveyor.