Product Conveying and Accumulation System

摘要

A product conveying and accumulation system utilizes multiple moving conveyors, including a first conveyor which transports product from an upstream location. A second accumulator conveyor, curvilinear in configuration, traveling at substantially the same or similar speed or a designated variable speed as the first conveyor, is aligned in the same plane as, is adjacent to, and may mate with the first conveyor at a predetermined location for contiguous movement in the same direction as the first conveyor at this predetermined location. A third accumulator conveyor is located within the curvilinear conveyor and substantially within the same transverse plane as the first and second conveyors. The presence of this third accumulator component into the conveyor system permits additional products to accumulate and circulate on and then ultimately be discharged from the conveyor system.

主权项

1. A product conveying and accumulation system, said system comprising:
first conveying means for the movement of products from an upstream destination to a destination downstream of the system; second conveying means for receiving products from the first conveying means, for accumulation and movement of products on and around the second conveying means and for movement of products toward the downstream destination, said second conveying means comprising a single, continuous looped path, curvilinear shaped conveyor, at least one section of the second conveying means being in substantial adjacent alignment with at least one section of the first conveying means; and third conveying means for receiving products from the second conveying means, for accumulation and movement of products on the third conveying means, and for delivery of products to the second conveying means and to the downstream destination, the third conveying means being in adjacent alignment with the second conveying means.