Patent ID: 6481559
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A transport-sort conveyor comprising:a conveyor having conveyor chains travelling and turning endlessly on chain rails provided in parallel on both sides respectively; a plurality of bearing surface defining members mounted on said conveyor chain on the ends and arranged in parallel; a sliding block provided on each bearing surface defining member so as to move along a direction parallel to said member and provided with a pin projecting downward; a sorting guide rail extending in a sorting direction at a sorting point of the conveyor; engaging means including a engaging strip and a holding portion on a part of the mounting member for mounting said bearing surface defining member to said conveyor chain and to a part of the sliding block respectively so that the sliding block travels while being engaged with one side of the conveyor; pusher means for urging said sliding block sideways in the sorting direction by a resilient member provided on either one of said mounting member or said sliding block; an actuating device for releasing engagement between said engaging strip and a holding portion immediately before an upstream side of the sorting point, wherein said sliding block is urged by said pusher means in the sorting direction and moved sideways when engagement between said engaging strip and a holding portion is released by said actuating device for allowing said guide pin projecting downward to travel toward the sorting path so that the sliding block is guided by the sorting guide rail provided from the sorting point in the sorting direction and moved sideways toward a discharging path.