Patent ID: 6382399
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A method for conveying articles, said method comprising:positioning an elongated member with a plurality of sections in a guide member defining a guide path capable of having angular deviation therealong; moving said elongated member in a first direction along said guide path while maintaining a major axis of the sections extending in a second direction essentially normal with respect to said first direction; and causing a plurality of article engaging members, connected with said sections of said elongated member and when in said guide member extending therefrom through an opening in said guide member in a third direction essentially normal with respect to both said guide path and said major axis of said sections, to engage articles at an article path established by said article engaging members and extending adjacent to and along said guide path in said first direction whereby the articles are urged along said article path by said movement of said elongated members along said guide path.