Patent ID: 6334526
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A baggage conveyor comprising:a plurality of overlapping flat plates disposed transversely to a direction of travel of a moving surface defined by the plates, the conveyor being movable along a route, the conveyor being configured so that in at least one location along the route the plates are disposed transversely inclined across the conveyor at an angle to horizontal so that discrete articles being transported on the moving surface are urged by gravity toward a lower side-edge of the transversely inclined location, the conveyor having at least one other location in which the plates are disposed horizontally across the conveyor, the conveyor further having transition zones between the inclined and horizontal locations; and a raised sidewall disposed adjacent and spaced from the moving surface along the lower side-edge of the conveyor in the transversely inclined location, the conveyor route having an elongated loop configuration with two end regions, at least one of the end regions having the inclined location so that the plates are disposed at an angle across a width of the conveyor so as to be inclined downwardly from an inner peripheral edge of the conveyor surface towards an outer peripheral edge.