Patent ID: 7222718
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor system for transporting a multiplicity of product items from an input portion to an output portion, the conveyor system comprising: an input station located at the input portion for receiving the multiplicity of product items; a turnaround region disposed in distal relation to said input station; a first conveyor for transporting the product items from said input portion to a distal said turnaround region; a redistribution region disposed in distal relation to said turnaround region; a second conveyor for transporting the product items from the distal said turnaround region to said redistribution region; a first product transfer arrangement for urging the product items from said first conveyor to said second conveyor; a plurality of exit conveyors arranged parallel to each other for transporting the product items from said redistribution region to a product exit region located at the output portion, said plurality of exit conveyors being arranged to transport the product items at respectively associated rates of transport; a product redistribution arrangement for directing the product items to respective input ends of said plurality of exit conveyors; a transverse element for directing the product items on said plurality of exit conveyors to a predetermined one of said plurality of exit conveyors; and an impetus arrangement for providing a transaxial impetus to the product items being transported on an associated one of said plurality of exit conveyors.