Conveyor with belt-actuated guide

摘要

An article guide for a belt conveyor with belt-actuated guide walls. The guide is supported atop the conveyor belt on wheels that ride on the conveyor belt. At least one of the wheels is a drive wheel engaging one or more pushers that push conveyed articles along the belt's conveying surface. The pushers may be rollers rotated by or belts advanced by the drive wheel. The pushers form a moving vertical side wall of the guide.

主权项

1. A conveyor comprising:
a conveyor belt having an upper conveying surface for conveying articles in a direction of belt travel; a guide including:
a frame having a top and a bottom;a plurality of wheels extending below the bottom of the frame for rotation about axes parallel to the conveying surface of the conveyor belt, wherein at least one of the wheels is a drive wheel;a pusher drivingly engaged by the drive wheel and forming a side of the guide; wherein the plurality of wheels ride on the conveying surface of the conveyor belt to support the frame and rotate as the conveyor belt advances and wherein the rotation of the drive wheel actuates the pusher to push conveyed articles along the conveying surface.