Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sortation systems and related methods
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Application No.: US14376480Application Date: 2013-02-02
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Publication No.: US09604258B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: James L. Layne , Brian Keith Thomas , Steve C. Fye , Lewis W. Ward , Ervin Puskar
- Applicant: SPAN TECH LLC
- Applicant Address: US KY Glasgow
- Assignee: SPAN TECH LLC
- Current Assignee: SPAN TECH LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Glasgow
- Agency: King & Schickli, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2013/024531 WO 20130202
- International Announcement: WO2013/116801 WO 20130808
- Main IPC: B07C5/36
- IPC: B07C5/36 ; B65G21/14 ; B65G47/46 ; B65G37/00 ; B65G47/53 ; B65G47/64 ; B65G47/96

Abstract:
A conveying system for intended use in sorting articles and related methods of conveying and sorting articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first conveyor extending in a first direction and a second conveyor extending in a second direction, with the directions intersecting. A transfer conveyor, such as a transpositor conveyor, may be provided for transferring articles from one of the first conveyors to one of the second conveyors. The system may be used to sort articles delivered from one or more storage locations for distribution, or may instead be used to sort articles for delivery to one or more storage locations. Related aspects and methods are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150001137A1 SORTATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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