Conveyor system with transfer belts

摘要

A conveyor for transferring articles off the end of a conveyor belt onto a discharge conveyor. The conveyor comprises a conveyor belt overlain by belt strands along a carryway. The belt strands are received in recesses below the conveying surface of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt travels an inner circuit inside an outer circuit encircled by the belt strands. The outer circuit diverges from the inner circuit at an end of the carryway. The belt strands extend the carryway and strip articles from the conveyor belt to transfer them to a downstream discharge conveyor or receive articles from an upstream infeed conveyor.

主权项

1. A conveyor comprising:
a conveyor belt having an outer article-supporting surface and forming an inner belt loop that includes an upper carryway segment along which the conveyor belt advances in the conveying direction; a plurality of parallel belt strands forming an outer belt loop encircling the inner belt loop; wherein the plurality of belt strands are recessed below the outer article-supporting surface of the conveyor belt on the upper carryway segment so that articles are conveyed on the article-supporting surface of the conveyor belt on the carryway segment; and wherein the outer article-supporting surface defines a conveying plane on which conveyed articles sit and a plurality of longitudinal lanes recessed below the conveying plane and wherein the plurality of belt strands are received in the longitudinal lanes.