Patent ID: 6405851
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor controlling device for controlling respective zones which are divided along the transferring direction of a conveyor, said zones can be independently driven, said conveyor disposed in said respective zones, comprising:at least one local load inputting portion in each local zone; said local load inputting portion including means for indicating whether or not a load to be transferred exists in said local zone; a plurality of downstream load inputting portions corresponding to selected downstream zones; each of said downstream load inputting portions including means for indicating whether or not a load to be transferred exists in its corresponding zone; means for controlling drive in a local zone; said means for controlling containing means for stopping drive of a corresponding local zone when a signal is received indicating that a load to be transferred exists in said local load inputting portion all of downstream load inputting portions; said means for controlling further including means for driving said corresponding local zone in the absence of a signal indicating that all downstream zones are occupied; and said means for controlling further including means for stopping drive of said corresponding local zone when said corresponding local zone does not contain a load to be transferred.