Patent ID: 6536580
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: B65G,B65H

Abstract:
Distribution device for parcels, with a deflection element for distributing the parcels that are supplied on a driven conveyor pathway in approximately the horizontal direction to branched-off conveyor pathways with approximately the same transport plane as the supply conveyor pathway, characterized by the fact that three conveyor pathways branch off from a distribution point, with the central conveyor pathway representing a linear extension of the supply direction, with the ends of the deflection element being connected to horizontally displaceable plungers of stationary stroking mechanisms by means of pivot points in order to displace the ends from one lateral limit of the central conveyor pathway to the other lateral limit, with one of the two stroking mechanisms being fixed perpendicularly to the transport direction of the central conveyor pathway and the other stroking mechanism being pivotally mounted, and with the deflection element being positioned in such a way and having such longitudinal dimensions that the deflection element either extends laterally along the outer edge of the central conveyor pathway or transversely across the entire central conveyor pathway in the form of an extension of the rear limit of one of the two outer branched-off conveyor pathways when viewed in the transport direction.