Patent ID: 8668073

Claim:
A multipath conveyor installation configured to control speeds of items being conveyed between two workstations, said items having been dispatched in several strings distributed across a plurality of paths formed as single-file lanes in a shape of an omega, comprising: a conveyor baseplate provided for each of the single-file lanes, respectively, and a pair of distinct walls provided for each of the single-file lanes, respectively, arranged above said baseplate, to guide each string of items separately along the single-file lanes, each pair of the distinct walls comprises a fixed guide wall and a movable guide wall, the fixed guide wall and the movable guide wall defining a space therebetween having a width configured to allow the items to pass therebetween, adjacent ones of the single-file lanes having no walls in common, a chassis configured to secure and support each of the fixed guide walls of each of the single-file lanes, a U-shape slide configured to movably support each of the movable guide walls of the single-file lanes, movable with respect to the chassis, so as to adjust the space defined between the movable guide wall and the fixed guide wall.