Patent ID: 8413787
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: B07C,B65G

Abstract:
1. A sweeper sorting apparatus for use with a transport belt, comprising: a first drive belt positioned adjacent to a first end of the transport belt and having an upper portion oriented substantially parallel to and below an upper surface of the transport belt; a second drive belt positioned adjacent to a second end of the transport belt, the second end of the transport belt opposite the first end of the transport belt, the second drive belt having an upper portion oriented substantially parallel to and below the upper surface of the transport belt; and a first sweeper coupled at a first end to the first drive belt and at a second end to the second drive belt, the first sweeper positioned above the upper surface of the transport belt, wherein at least one of the first drive belt and the second drive belt is operable to move the first sweeper across the upper surface of the transport belt to push an item off the upper surface of the transport belt.