Patent ID: 6510939
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A device for accelerated conveying of packages in between two vertical belts at an inlet area, said package being brought by a conveyor including:a running surface for the packages; a terminal area of said running surface situated at a distance from said inlet area of said vertical belts; series of stationary stops disposed above the running surface to constrain said packages; a plurality of vertical prongs extending underneath said stops and above said running surface for moving the packages, said vertical prongs moving along a path which follows a circular trajectory at the terminal area; said device including a forwarding belt, coplanar with said running surface of said conveyor, situated between said inlet area of said vertical belts and said terminal area of said conveyor, said forwarding belt being operated with a speed higher than the operation speed of said conveyor.