Patent ID: 6755298
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B07C,B65G

Abstract:
A method for diverting items which are transported on a conveyor at a pre-set transport speed, the items to be diverted being pushed off the conveyor by means of a diversion device which has one or more diversion segments, which can be moved synchronously with the conveyor for a section and can be individually extended or retracted across the direction of transport, whereinthe diversion segments are arranged side by side in the direction of transport in a carriage the carriage can be moved to and fro in the direction of transport the length of the section along which the carriage moves with the conveyor is shorter than the distance between the first and the last of the diversion segments inside the carriage, by the section along which the conveyor moves on during the backward movement of the carriage, and the items are pushed in groups off the conveyor, each group beginning with a first item to be diverted and including the items to be diverted which follow the first item to be diverted within a section the length of which equals the length of the accompanying movement of the carriage with the conveyor.