POP-UP CONVEYOR TRANSFER SYSTEM

摘要

A conveyor system with a pop-up transfer assembly for transferring articles off the end of conveyor belt having protrusions extending above the belt's outer conveying surface. The transfer assembly is cantilevered over the reversing path of the conveyor belt from a pivot. When a protrusion from the belt hits the transfer assembly, the transfer assembly pivots away from the belt about the pivot. When the protrusion is clear, the transfer assembly drops, by gravity, back to its home position proximate the belt. A bilateral transfer assembly is cantilevered in opposite directions to transfer articles off the end of one conveyor belt onto another conveyor belt that may or may not have protrusions.

主权项

1. A transfer assembly for transferring articles off the end of a conveyor, the transfer assembly comprising:
a first side rail and a second side rail, wherein each side rail includes:
a pivot portion having a bore;a finger extending from the pivot portion to a distal tip; wherein the bores through the first and second side rails are aligned along a pivot axis; a shaft received in the aligned bores about which the first and second side rails are freely pivotable over an angular pivot range; a connecting member connected between the first and second side rails so that the first and second side rails pivot together about the pivot axis.