Patent ID: 6988611
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A pneumatically actuated, beltless conveyor assembly comprising: a housing, a drive system supported by said housing and at least one transport tray supported by said housing and operatively connected to said drive system, said housing including a bottom plate, a slider top plate operatively connected to said drive system with said transport tray operatively connected to said slider top plate; said drive system including a seal-less pneumatic engine, and a control valve operating to sequentially cycle pressurized air to alternating ends of said seal-less pneumatic engine so as to drive said transport tray in repeated, rectilinear fashion through movement in one direction at a first predetermined slower speed to advance materials supported on said transport tray in the direction of the length of said tray and movement in a second direction opposite to said first direction at a second predetermined speed that is greater than the first predetermined speed such that the transport tray moves relative to the material supported thereon.