摘要 |
A conveyor belt includes a lower surface and a number of article supporting surf aces, each of which is tiltably attached to the lower surface. Inflatable chambers are defined in the belt, the article supp orting surfaces being disposed to tilt upon inflation of the inflatable chambers. An article conveyor system includes a belt having a lower surface and article supporting surfaces tiltably attached to the lower surface, a conveyor bed for supporting the belt d uring motion along a predetermined path, and an apparatus for selectively introducing pressurized air between the lower surface and each of the article supporting surfaces for tilting the article supporting surfaces, thereby causing an article on the selectively t ilted article supporting surfaces to be discharged.
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