Patent ID: 6273238
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor arrangement for separating objects, comprising:at least two sideways flexing conveyors arranged parallel and side-by-side, and which run for at least part of their length in a curved path;wherein, at a point in the curved path, the linear velocity at the side of the first conveyor which adjoins a side of the second conveyor is increased in consequence of the curvature and the linear velocity at said side of the second of said two conveyors is reduced in consequence of the curvature; andat least one guide that guides objects to enable the objects to transfer from the first of said two conveyors to the second of said two conveyors at said point;wherein said second conveyor is run at a higher speed than said first conveyor;whereby, the speed of the second conveyor is equal to or greater than the speed of the first conveyor at the transfer point.