Patent ID: 6016903
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
Conveyor track for an article, comprisinga primary conveyor track;a secondary conveyor track;first drive means for driving the article along said primary conveyor track; andsecond drive means for lifting the article from said first drive means and for driving the article along said secondary conveyor track;the first drive means driving the article into a position for transferring the article to the second drive means;the second drive means including an endless circulating chain of article supporting rollers, said chain having at least two sections joined together, each of the sections having article supporting rollers of equal diameter, with two of said at least two sections having article supporting rollers of different diameter, one of said two sections of the second drive means projecting upwardly above the other of said two sections of the second drive means, said one section of the second drive means acting on the article, to lift and move the article whereas the other section of the second drive means passes under the article during circulation of the endless chain of rollers without driving the article.