US 12,264,018 B1
Variable discharge diverter
David Patrick Erceg, Concord, NC (US); and Gonzalo Sotelo, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Mantissa Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/371,229.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,976, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Int. Cl. B65G 47/46 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/46 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sorting conveyor system comprising:
(a) a conveying track;
(b) at least one unloading station; and
(c) a discharge diverter being noncontinuous about said conveying track and having a powered belt assembly upper surface spaced between opposing walls and having a variable discharge speed being variably dependent on an item from said unloading station, and wherein said independent discharge diverter powered belt assembly upper surface having a proximate portion substantially parallel with said conveying track to receive said item and selectively diverting said item between a first collector and a substantially vertically offset second collector.