Patent ID: 6260689
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor apparatus comprising:conveying means; anda plurality of partitioning means mounted to said conveying means, each of said partitioning means being detachably mounted to said conveying means by means of partitioning means mounting means, and being spaced from adjacent partitioning means along a conveying direction to provide spaces therebetween sufficient to hold articles therein;wherein each of said partitioning means mounting means comprises:a through-hole formed in either of said conveying means and said partitioning means, having wider and narrower openings communicating with each other;a partitioning means retainer mounted by an elongated member to the other of said conveying means and said partitioning means, said retainer being adapted to be inserted into said wider opening of said through-hole and, then, moved into said narrower opening to contact the periphery of said narrower opening;a spring adapted to press said retainer in said narrower opening against said periphery of said narrower opening; anda detent for preventing said retainer pressed against said periphery of said narrower opening from moving into said wider opening.