Patent ID: 8863937

Claim:
Conveyor lane divider for dividing a one-lane flow of trays into two lanes, the conveyor lane divider comprising: first, second, third and fourth conveyor units in succession in a direction of transport, each of which has a drive; the conveyor lane divider further comprising, a divider unit; a divider sensor; two pre-stops; two release stops designed to simultaneously release a first row of trays for further transport to a subsequent production unit; and a lane sensor provided between the release stop and the pre-stop of each lane in order to detect the presence of a tray between the release stop and the pre-stop and/or the back end of a tray for every lane, and wherein a distance from the pre-stop opposite the direction of transport to the beginning of the fourth conveyor unit corresponds to a length of a tray plus a tolerance of up to 20%.