Patent ID: 6042307
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An air conveyor for conveying articles from an upstream location to a downstream location comprising:a conveyor surface;a first row of louvers extending laterally across said conveyor surface, said first row having an upstream side and an downstream side, said first row further having upstream louvers directing air toward the upstream location, and having downstream louvers directing air toward the downstream location, said downstream louvers being interspersed between said upstream louvers in said first row; anda second row of louvers extending laterally across said conveyor surface and spaced longitudinally from said first row at said upstream side, said second row of louvers having upstream louvers directing air toward the upstream location, and having downstream louvers directing air toward the downstream location, said downstream louvers of said second row being interspersed between said upstream louvers in said second row;wherein at least a majority of said upstream and downstream louvers of said first row are longitudinally aligned with downstream and upstream louvers of said second row so that air directed through said longitudinally aligned louvers of said first and second rows are directed opposite to one another.