US3212623A
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Conveyor delivery system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-10-27
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Granted: 1965-10-19
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Expires: 1981-10-27
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Earl G Griffith
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 06:49
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G47/00; B65G47/74; B65G47/84; B65G47/846
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
A CONVEYOR DELIVERY SYSTEM COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE FEEDING STATIONS; A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE-RECEIVING DISCHARGE STATIONS; CONVEYOR MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID FEEDING AND DISCHARGE STATIONS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE RECEIVING SPACES THEREON; CODING MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID FEEDING AND DISCHARGE STATIONS IDENTIFYING THE STATION WITH WHICH IT IS ASSOCIASTED BY ITS POSITION RELATIVE TO THE PATH OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS; CODING MEANS ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID ARTICLE SPACES THEREON, SAID CONVEYOR CODING MEANS BEING RELATIVELY OFFSET IN POSITIONS ALIGNING WITH THE POSITIONS OF SAID FEEDING AND DISCHARGE STATION CODING MEANS TO COACT THEREWITH TO ASSOCIATE EACH ARTICLE SPACE WITH SELECTED FEEDING AND DISCHARGE STATIONS; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ACTUATION OF A DISCHARGE STATION CODING MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING AN ARTICLE FROM THE CONVEYOR SPACE IDENTIFIED BY THE ACTUATING CONVEYOR CODING MEAND TO THAT DISCHARGE STATION; AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ABSENCE OF AN ARTICLE FROM THE IDENTIFIED CONVEYOR SPACE FOR PREVENTING OPERATION OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
A CONVEYOR DELIVERY SYSTEM COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE FEEDING STATIONS; A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE-RECEIVING DISCHARGE STATIONS; CONVEYOR MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID FEEDING AND DISCHARGE STATIONS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE RECEIVING SPACES THEREON; CODING MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID FEEDING AND DISCHARGE STATIONS IDENTIFYING THE STATION WITH WHICH IT IS ASSOCIASTED BY ITS POSITION RELATIVE TO THE PATH OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS; CODING MEANS ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID ARTICLE SPACES THEREON, SAID CONVEYOR CODING MEANS BEING RELATIVELY OFFSET IN POSITIONS ALIGNING WITH THE POSITIONS OF SAID FEEDING AND DISCHARGE STATION CODING MEANS TO COACT THEREWITH TO ASSOCIATE EACH ARTICLE SPACE WITH SELECTED FEEDING AND DISCHARGE STATIONS; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ACTUATION OF A DISCHARGE STATION CODING MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING AN ARTICLE FROM THE CONVEYOR SPACE IDENTIFIED BY THE ACTUATING CONVEYOR CODING MEAND TO THAT DISCHARGE STATION; AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ABSENCE OF AN ARTICLE FROM THE IDENTIFIED CONVEYOR SPACE FOR PREVENTING OPERATION OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS.
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