Patent ID: 8016101

Claim:
A belt junction conveyor comprising: an endless belt formed with a transport conveyor part for assorting products to be transported; a drive pulley configured to cause the endless belt wound therearound to travel; two redirecting members configured to redirect the endless belt wound around the drive pulley on an upstream side of the transport conveyor part in a direction of transport of the products so as to position the transport conveyor part on an upper surface; a tail pulley around which the endless belt after having been redirected by the two redirecting members is wound; a main support frame on which the drive pulley is rotatably mounted; a sub support frame on which the tail pulley is rotatably mounted; a first coupling rod, one end of which is coupled to the main support frame; a second coupling rod, one end of which is coupled to the sub support frame; a base frame on which the two redirecting members are mounted and to which the first coupling rod and the second coupling rod are axially coupled in a coaxial manner, in which the second coupling rod is disposed between the two redirecting members; and a change-over mechanism configured to change over a direction of transport of the products on the transport conveyor part by rotating the main support frame and the sub support frame in the directions opposite from each other by a predetermined amount, wherein the change-over mechanism includes a drive motor configured to operate as an actuator, a rotating body configured to rotate by operation of the drive motor, a first coupling member configured to couple the rotating body and the main supporting frame, and a second coupling member configured to couple the rotating body and the sub supporting frame.