Patent ID: 9022203
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transporting successive workpieces in a flow direction, wherein the workpieces are oriented generally transverse to the flow direction, the apparatus comprising: a first endless conveyor oriented substantially parallel to the flow direction; one or more second endless conveyors spaced laterally apart from the first endless conveyor across the flow direction and oriented substantially parallel to the flow direction, the first endless conveyor being elevated relative to at least one of the one or more second endless conveyors; and a first drive coupled with the first endless conveyor and operable to drive the first endless conveyor independently of the one or more second endless conveyors, wherein the first endless conveyor and the one or more second endless conveyors are positioned to support generally opposite first and second ends, respectively, of the successive workpieces, and wherein the first drive is selectively operable to drive the first endless conveyor at a different speed or rotational direction than the one or more second endless conveyors to thereby adjust a skew angle of a workpiece in contact with the first endless conveyor.