Patent ID: 9073704
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A sorting conveyor, comprising: a conveyor belt comprising a plurality of rollers; a first vacuum chamber disposed below the conveyor belt, the vacuum chamber connected to a first vacuum generator to create a first vacuum zone in a first area above the conveyor belt; a second vacuum chamber disposed below the conveyor belt, the second vacuum chamber connected to a second vacuum generator to create a second vacuum zone in a second area above the conveyor belt, the second vacuum chamber segregated from the first vacuum chamber; a sensor for sensing the location of a conveyed object; and a controller for selectively operating the first vacuum generator when a conveyed object carried by a first roller on the conveyor belt is in the first vacuum zone and for operating the second vacuum generator when the conveyed object and first roller are in the second vacuum zone, based on information from the sensor.