摘要 |
The present invention relates to an article accumulation conveyor in which the drive for moving the articles is automatically discontinued for a selected section of the conveyor when an article is stopped on another certain section of the conveyor and is started again automatically when the article moves, and the power for activating the stopping and starting instrumentalities is furnished in its entirety by the conveyor drive so that all need for extraneous power sources or force exerted by a moving article is entirely eliminated.
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