| 摘要 |
AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING OBJECTS TO A SEATED HUMAN OPERATOR, INLCUDING A POWERED CONVEYOR (20, 120) WITH SLIPPABLE ROLLERS (52) THAT IS PART OF A WORKSTATION AREA FOR THE OPERATOR. THE CONVEYOR IS COMPACT ENOUGH THAT A HUMAN OPERATOR CAN SIT ADJACENT TO IT WITH THE OPERATOR''S LEGS UNDERNEATH THE MOVING SURFACE PATH (23) AND PERFORM WORK ON OBJECTS BEING CONVEYED. THERE IS A COMPACT DRIVING MECHANISM FOR DRIVING THE ROLLER SHAFTS (70), AND A ROLLER DRIVING ASSEMBLY (45, 145) AND SUPPORT ASSEMBLY (49) OF LOW VERTICAL HEIGHT THAT CLEAR THE OPERATOR''S LEGS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING THE SURFACE PATH (23) AT A COMFORTABLE HEIGHT. A PRODUCT STOP ASSEMBLY (81) WITH A COMPACT VERTICAL HEIGHT IS ALSO INCLUDED THAT STOPS AN OBJECT BEING CONVEYED ALONG THE SURFACE PATH (23) SO THAT IT CAN BE WORKED ON BY THE HUMAN OPERATOR.(FIG. 1)
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